Modderveld
Gavere · Sunday 27 September 2026 · · week 4 of Summer 2026 · First division elite men
dry course · 8 laps · mud and climbing — settled — this is what it will be, 24°, 0 mm in drie dagen · 3.090 spectators lined the course
The podium
| 1 goud | Jens Segers — | 59:33 — | 0 pts € 900 |
| 2 zilver | Michiel Michiels — | 59:34 +1.0s | 0 pts € 600 |
| 3 brons | Arne Cuypers Good Question | 1:00:02 +28.5s | 21 pts € 450 |
The course
- the mud strip
- the steps
- the sequence of corners
- the long straight
- the deep furrow
- the hollow
The rest of the result
| Rider | Team | Time | Gap | Prize | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Jorne Cuypers guest rider | — | 1:00:02 | +28.9s | € 320 | |
| 5 | Dries Verstraete | Stuwie CX | 1:00:15 | +41.6s | € 320 | 17 |
| 6 | Bavo Verlinden guest rider | — | 1:00:19 | +45.4s | € 320 | |
| 7 | Maarten Depoorter guest rider | — | 1:00:22 | +48.7s | € 220 | |
| 8 | Jasper Willems guest rider | — | 1:00:26 | +52.9s | € 220 | |
| 9 | Ferre Debruyne guest rider | — | 1:00:27 | +53.7s | € 220 | |
| 10 | Ferre Depoorter guest rider | — | 1:00:29 | +55.4s | € 220 | |
| 11 | Théo Renaud guest rider | — | 1:00:30 | +56.7s | € 150 | |
| 12 | Cedric Vandenberghe guest rider | — | 1:00:32 | +58.8s | € 150 | |
| 13 | Robbe Geens | Uk Team Lote ABC | 1:00:36 | +1:03 | € 150 | 9 |
| 14 | Joppe Vanacker guest rider | — | 1:00:54 | +1:21 | € 150 | |
| 15 | Mathijs Vanhoutte | Nukeproof Bombers Cycling Team | 1:00:55 | +1:22 | € 150 | 7 |
| 16 | Ruben Vanacker | Bikefitting Surplace | 1:00:56 | +1:22 | € 150 | 6 |
| 17 | Warre Brouwers | BAT Performance | 1:00:58 | +1:25 | € 150 | 5 |
| 18 | Wannes Naessens | Hela Sauzen Pub Brawl | 1:01:01 | +1:28 | € 150 | 4 |
| 19 | Lukáš Veselý guest rider | — | 1:01:02 | +1:29 | € 150 | |
| 20 | Quentin Lefevre | — | 1:01:06 | +1:33 | € 150 | 2 |
| 21 | Tibo Rombouts | Team Tim | 1:01:07 | +1:34 | € 90 | |
| 22 | Arne Maes | Rascals | 1:01:09 | +1:36 | € 90 | |
| 23 | Niels Willems | The Muddy Spuds | 1:01:11 | +1:38 | € 90 | |
| 24 | Antoine Moreau | 07raul07 | 1:01:12 | +1:39 | € 90 | |
| 25 | Michiel Maertens guest rider | — | 1:01:12 | +1:39 | € 90 | |
| 26 | Joppe De Clercq guest rider | — | 1:01:14 | +1:41 | € 90 | |
| 27 | Lowie Lambrecht guest rider | — | 1:01:17 | +1:44 | € 90 | |
| 28 | Sander Vermeulen | — | 1:01:21 | +1:48 | € 90 | |
| 29 | Vince Wauters | Team MCL | 1:01:27 | +1:54 | € 90 | |
| 30 | Wout Decock | Edwin1507 | 1:01:45 | +2:12 | € 90 |
Race report
1:01:45 Wout Decock brings up the rear at 2 minutes. Everybody finished.
1:01:27 Vince Wauters crosses the line 29th, at 1:54.
1:01:21 Sander Vermeulen crosses the line 28th, at 1:48.
1:00:02 Arne Cuypers crosses the line 3rd, at 0:28.
59:34 Michiel Michiels crosses the line 2nd, at 0:01.
59:33 Jens Segers wins the sprint.
59:00 Jens Segers goes past Michiel Michiels and takes the lead.
58:10 A day for racing on the pedals; there is nothing to slide away.
58:00 There are holes in the line through the deep furrow that nobody is riding out any more.
57:40 Ferre Depoorter is too quick for Cedric Vandenberghe in the off-camber and lies 10th now.
57:30 It is getting harder through the steps with every lap that goes by.
56:50 Hardly anybody is getting off today, and that makes it an hour with no rest in it.
56:47 Mathijs Vanhoutte goes down in the start straight and loses 14 seconds.
56:30 All five are hunting a different line through the little climb at the back; none of them is finding the good one.
55:40 Michiel Michiels has opened a gap and is alone up there.
55:30 Lukáš Veselý takes Antoine Moreau back in the deep furrow.
55:10 Dust over the mud strip — there is no grip left in the corners.
54:30 Dry and fast, and that makes it a long hour.
53:40 Tyre pressure is half the race today, and nobody is saying so.
53:30 In the wet meadow Jens Segers gains a place on Jorne Cuypers.
53:10 The front group is riding on sight, not on line; it all looks the same out there.
52:50 The mud strip is costing a few seconds more every lap.
52:30 The hurdles is drying out on the side the sun is on.
52:20 Mathijs Vanhoutte goes past Robbe Geens in the steep side.
51:40 Wannes Naessens had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Niels Willems in the wet meadow.
50:20 Jasper Willems dives past Ferre Debruyne in the wet meadow.
49:50 Ferre Depoorter has to let Cedric Vandenberghe go in the hollow.
49:00 The ground in the wet meadow has been ridden rock hard.
48:20 The line through the hairpin has opened right up.
47:40 Bavo Verlinden takes the other line through the deep furrow and comes out ahead of Maarten Depoorter.
46:40 The gap to the first chaser is 11 seconds.
46:30 The sand in the start straight is loose and deep — that is where the hour will be decided.
46:00 The hairpin is getting looser with every lap.
45:10 Joppe De Clercq is too quick for Quentin Lefevre in the wet meadow and lies 17th now.
44:50 They are nearly all taking the same side through the off-camber now; the other line is finished.
44:30 Half the field is running the wide section by now.
43:50 There is 13 seconds on the clock behind the leaders.
43:30 The course is hard underneath; this is a day for anyone who can keep the power on.
43:20 Lukáš Veselý had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Ruben Vanacker in the deep furrow.
43:00 The course is hard underneath; this is a day for anyone who can keep the power on.
42:40 Hardly a bike change all day — there is nothing to wash off.
42:20 Get the deep furrow wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.
41:30 The hollow is costing a few seconds more every lap.
41:20 Jens Segers takes Dries Verstraete back in the wide section.
41:10 The lines are fixed on a course this dry; they are all riding the same rut.
40:30 The pits are working flat out.
40:20 There are holes in the line through the little climb at the back that nobody is riding out any more.
40:00 On a dry course there is little to win in the corners; it has to come from the legs.
39:50 Michiel Michiels is out on their own at the front.
39:00 Dust over the steep side — there is no grip left in the corners.
37:30 All five are hunting a different line through the finishing straight; none of them is finding the good one.
37:10 Mathijs Vanhoutte has to let Tibo Rombouts go in the little climb at the back.
37:00 The line through the hollow has opened right up.
36:40 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.
36:00 The hairpin is getting looser with every lap.
35:40 The front group is riding on sight, not on line; it all looks the same out there.
35:20 It is dusting up in the hurdles; anyone at the back is riding in a cloud.
35:00 Hardly anybody is getting off today, and that makes it an hour with no rest in it.
34:20 The wide section is drying out on the side the sun is on.
33:50 On a dry course there is little to win in the corners; it has to come from the legs.
33:40 The course is hard underneath; this is a day for anyone who can keep the power on.
33:20 The sand in the hollow is loose and deep — that is where the hour will be decided.
33:00 In the wet meadow Joppe De Clercq gains a place on Arne Maes.
32:40 The hurdles is costing a few seconds more every lap.
32:20 There are 2 of them at the front.
32:10 There is 5 seconds on the clock behind the leaders.
31:10 A day for racing on the pedals; there is nothing to slide away.
30:50 Dry and fast, and that makes it a long hour.
30:30 Ride the wet meadow instead of running it and you take half a second out of the rest every lap.
30:00 They are nearly all taking the same side through the hairpin now; the other line is finished.
29:30 The pits are working flat out.
29:10 Jasper Willems takes the other line through the little bridge and comes out ahead of Ferre Debruyne.
29:00 Bavo Verlinden had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Jorne Cuypers in the slippery descent.
28:50 Get the slippery descent wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.
28:40 The lines are fixed on a course this dry; they are all riding the same rut.
28:00 The line through the wide section is shifting; they are riding a metre off where they were a moment ago.
27:50 Tyre pressure is half the race today, and nobody is saying so.
27:30 Maarten Depoorter had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Mathijs Vanhoutte in the start straight.
26:50 Ferre Depoorter has to let Jasper Willems go in the hurdles.
26:40 The steps is tearing itself apart; next lap it will be brutal in there.
26:20 The ground in the wide section has been ridden rock hard.
25:40 Up front Dries Verstraete goes past Jorne Cuypers — 3rd now.
24:30 Michiel Michiels is too quick for Jorne Cuypers in the hairpin and lies 1st now.
24:25 Michiel Michiels goes past Jorne Cuypers and takes the lead.
24:20 Hardly anybody is getting off today, and that makes it an hour with no rest in it.
24:10 Joppe De Clercq has to let Ruben Vanacker go in the steep side.
23:50 The line through the hollow has opened right up.
23:30 Dust over the start straight — there is no grip left in the corners.
22:50 The course is hard underneath; this is a day for anyone who can keep the power on.
22:40 Bavo Verlinden takes Antoine Moreau back in the mud strip.
22:30 Quentin Lefevre dives past Joppe Vanacker in the little bridge.
22:00 The entrance to the slippery descent is littered with abandoned bikes.
21:00 Bavo Verlinden dives past Ferre Depoorter in the steps.
20:50 In the hairpin Antoine Moreau gains a place on Ferre Depoorter.
20:10 Antoine Moreau goes past Maarten Depoorter in the wet meadow.
19:50 They are nearly all taking the same side through the mud strip now; the other line is finished.
19:40 Dry and fast, and that makes it a long hour.
19:30 Cedric Vandenberghe takes the other line through the deep furrow and comes out ahead of Lowie Lambrecht.
18:40 The pits are working flat out.
18:10 On a dry course there is little to win in the corners; it has to come from the legs.
18:00 Jorne Cuypers has opened a gap and is alone up there.
17:50 Mathijs Vanhoutte dives past Ferre Debruyne in the slippery descent.
17:20 Michiel Michiels dives past Ferre Depoorter in the hairpin.
16:50 It is dusting up in the steps; anyone at the back is riding in a cloud.
16:20 Half the field is running the off-camber by now.
16:00 Michiel Michiels had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Maarten Depoorter in the mud strip.
15:50 The long straight is costing a few seconds more every lap.
14:50 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.
14:20 Niels Willems has to let Wannes Naessens go in the start straight.
14:00 Lowie Lambrecht had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Théo Renaud in the start straight.
13:00 There are holes in the line through the deep furrow that nobody is riding out any more.
12:40 A day for racing on the pedals; there is nothing to slide away.
12:30 Arne Maes takes Warre Brouwers back in the finishing straight.
12:10 Get the off-camber wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.
11:20 Hardly a bike change all day — there is nothing to wash off.
11:10 The finishing straight is tearing itself apart; next lap it will be brutal in there.
11:00 The deep furrow is getting looser with every lap.
10:40 Maarten Depoorter is too quick for Jens Segers in the little bridge and lies 8th now.
10:20 Jasper Willems takes the other line through the wide section and comes out ahead of Quentin Lefevre.
9:50 Maarten Depoorter goes past Théo Renaud in the wide section.
9:30 The line through the deep furrow is shifting; they are riding a metre off where they were a moment ago.
8:50 In the steep side Michiel Michiels gains a place on Niels Willems.
8:40 Ferre Debruyne has to let Bavo Verlinden go in the little climb at the back.
8:30 There is 7 seconds on the clock behind the leaders.
7:50 Jens Segers dives past Warre Brouwers in the steps.
6:00 With 6 up front, and Jorne Cuypers on the front of it.
5:10 The course is hard underneath; this is a day for anyone who can keep the power on.
4:40 A front group of 7, and they are watching each other.
3:50 The pits are working flat out.
3:49 Joppe Vanacker slides out in the wet meadow and loses 9 seconds.
3:20 It is dusting up in the start straight; anyone at the back is riding in a cloud.
2:50 The ground in the slippery descent has been ridden rock hard.
2:40 Dust over the steps — there is no grip left in the corners.
2:30 Nothing has split at the front yet; Jorne Cuypers is leading it.
1:50 All five are hunting a different line through the deep furrow; none of them is finding the good one.
1:30 The lines are fixed on a course this dry; they are all riding the same rut.
1:10 Dry and fast, and that makes it a long hour.
1:00 Hardly a bike change all day — there is nothing to wash off.
0:05 Jorne Cuypers goes past Jens Segers and takes the lead.
0:00 Modderveld: dry course, 8 laps. Mostly mud and climbing.