Modderveld
Gavere · Sunday 27 September 2026 · · week 4 of Summer 2026 · First division under-23 men
dry course · 6 laps · mud and climbing — settled — this is what it will be, 24°, 0 mm in drie dagen · 2.040 spectators lined the course
The podium
| 1 goud | Lowie Bruggeman — | 44:50 — | 0 pts € 900 |
| 2 zilver | Baptiste Girard — | 44:55 +5.1s | 0 pts € 600 |
| 3 brons | Théo Rousseau — | 44:58 +8.8s | 0 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 | Nand Demeyer | Good Question | 45:05 | +15.6s | € 320 | 18 |
| 5 | Jakub Veselý | Stuwie CX | 45:16 | +26.4s | € 320 | 17 |
| 6 | Jens Rombouts guest rider | — | 45:21 | +31.4s | € 320 | |
| 7 | Jasper Vanwalleghem | Team MCL | 45:22 | +32.7s | € 220 | 15 |
| 8 | Filip Beneš | Hela Sauzen Pub Brawl | 45:24 | +34.8s | € 220 | 14 |
| 9 | Daan Cuypers guest rider | — | 45:25 Spare bike: punctured and changed bikes. | +35.5s | € 220 | |
| 10 | Rien Debruyne | Rascals | 45:27 | +37.6s | € 220 | 12 |
| 11 | Lode Desmet guest rider | — | 45:30 | +40.3s | € 150 | |
| 12 | Simon Cools guest rider | — | 45:34 | +44.5s | € 150 | |
| 13 | Joppe Cuypers | Bikefitting Surplace | 45:40 | +50.6s | € 150 | 9 |
| 14 | Joran Vandevelde guest rider | — | 45:45 | +55.7s | € 150 | |
| 15 | Jelle Steyaert guest rider | — | 45:55 | +1:05 | € 150 | |
| 16 | Iván Bosch guest rider | — | 45:57 | +1:07 | € 150 | |
| 17 | Michal Král guest rider | — | 45:59 | +1:10 | € 150 | |
| 18 | Pieter Lambrecht | Edwin1507 | 46:00 | +1:10 | € 150 | 4 |
| 19 | Sil Coppens | De kloefkappers | 46:01 | +1:11 | € 150 | 3 |
| 20 | Nacho Miralles guest rider | — | 46:01 | +1:12 | € 150 | |
| 21 | Gonzalo Vidal | — | 46:03 | +1:14 | € 90 | |
| 22 | Vic Coppens guest rider | — | 46:06 | +1:16 | € 90 | |
| 23 | Jasper Desmet | Nukeproof Bombers Cycling Team | 46:07 | +1:17 | € 90 | |
| 24 | Michiel Decock guest rider | — | 46:07 | +1:17 | € 90 | |
| 25 | Pau Casas | 07raul07 | 46:15 | +1:26 | € 90 | |
| 26 | Simon Truyens | BAT Performance | 46:17 | +1:28 | € 90 | |
| 27 | Sil Casteels | Uk Team Lote ABC | 46:22 | +1:32 | € 90 | |
| 28 | Lukáš Svoboda | The Muddy Spuds | 46:25 | +1:35 | € 90 | |
| DNF | Simon Vermeulen abandoned — no spare bike | — | — | — | ||
| DNF | Cedric Truyens guest rider abandoned — bad luck | — | — | — |
Race report
46:25 Lukáš Svoboda brings up the rear at 2 minutes. 2 riders did not make it to the line.
46:22 Sil Casteels crosses the line 27th, at 1:32.
46:17 Simon Truyens crosses the line 26th, at 1:28.
44:58 Théo Rousseau crosses the line 3rd, at 0:09.
44:55 Baptiste Girard crosses the line 2nd, at 0:05.
44:50 Lowie Bruggeman wins by 5 seconds.
43:20 All five are hunting a different line through the long straight; none of them is finding the good one.
42:13 Simon Vermeulen punctures in the mud strip and pulls out. No spare bike.
42:00 Pau Casas takes Simon Vermeulen back in the hollow.
41:22 Daan Cuypers punctures in the little climb at the back, changes bike and loses 16 seconds.
41:20 The line through the little climb at the back has opened right up.
41:00 Sil Casteels has to let Nacho Miralles go in the slippery descent.
40:45 Lowie Bruggeman goes past Théo Rousseau and takes the lead.
40:20 Nacho Miralles is too quick for Simon Vermeulen in the little climb at the back and lies 25th now.
39:50 The sand in the pit is loose and deep — that is where the hour will be decided.
39:20 Dry and fast, and that makes it a long hour.
38:50 The ground in the hairpin has been ridden rock hard.
37:15 Théo Rousseau goes past Nand Demeyer and takes the lead.
37:10 Tyre pressure is half the race today, and nobody is saying so.
36:00 Hardly a bike change all day — there is nothing to wash off.
35:20 In the wet meadow Filip Beneš gains a place on Jasper Vanwalleghem.
35:10 Half the field is running the finishing straight by now.
34:50 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.
33:50 Vic Coppens takes the other line through the little bridge and comes out ahead of Gonzalo Vidal.
33:40 In the little bridge Michiel Decock gains a place on Gonzalo Vidal.
33:30 A front group of 2, and they are watching each other.
32:50 The slippery descent is drying out on the side the sun is on.
32:40 There is 9 seconds on the clock behind the leaders.
32:00 The course is hard underneath; this is a day for anyone who can keep the power on.
31:50 Pieter Lambrecht dives past Simon Vermeulen in the sequence of corners.
30:10 The line through the sequence of corners is shifting; they are riding a metre off where they were a moment ago.
29:30 The entrance to the sequence of corners is littered with abandoned bikes.
29:20 Get the off-camber wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.
27:40 Dust over the hurdles — there is no grip left in the corners.
27:20 Jasper Desmet has to let Joppe Cuypers go in the wet meadow.
26:10 Joran Vandevelde has to let Michal Král go in the wide section.
25:50 Jelle Steyaert is too quick for Michiel Decock in the slippery descent and lies 24th now.
23:10 Nand Demeyer goes past Baptiste Girard and takes the lead.
22:50 Lode Desmet takes Jasper Desmet back in the hairpin.
21:40 Simon Vermeulen goes past Lukáš Svoboda in the steps.
21:00 The ground in the pit has been ridden rock hard.
20:40 Michal Král had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Joppe Cuypers in the steep side.
20:00 Iván Bosch is too quick for Sil Coppens in the steep side and lies 11th now.
19:50 Tyre pressure is half the race today, and nobody is saying so.
19:10 Iván Bosch takes the other line through the steps and comes out ahead of Lukáš Svoboda.
19:00 They are nearly all taking the same side through the wet meadow now; the other line is finished.
18:50 Cedric Truyens punctures in the sequence of corners and pulls out. Nobody in the pit.
18:35 Baptiste Girard goes past Lowie Bruggeman and takes the lead.
17:10 The front group is riding on sight, not on line; it all looks the same out there.
17:00 The sand in the hollow is loose and deep — that is where the hour will be decided.
16:00 Hardly anybody is getting off today, and that makes it an hour with no rest in it.
15:20 In the slippery descent Iván Bosch gains a place on Joran Vandevelde.
14:40 The course is hard underneath; this is a day for anyone who can keep the power on.
14:00 Pau Casas dives past Nacho Miralles in the long straight.
13:50 There is 6 seconds on the clock behind the leaders.
13:40 Lowie Bruggeman is out on their own at the front.
13:20 Lowie Bruggeman has opened a gap and is alone up there.
13:00 Get the mud strip wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.
11:50 The gap to the first chaser is 4 seconds.
11:20 Hardly a bike change all day — there is nothing to wash off.
11:20 Nacho Miralles slides out in the finishing straight and loses 2 seconds.
10:10 With 3 up front, and Lowie Bruggeman on the front of it.
9:50 The line through the wide section is shifting; they are riding a metre off where they were a moment ago.
9:40 Théo Rousseau has to let Lowie Bruggeman go in the mud strip.
9:40 Lowie Bruggeman goes past Théo Rousseau and takes the lead.
9:00 A day for racing on the pedals; there is nothing to slide away.
7:20 The pits are working flat out.
6:50 On a dry course there is little to win in the corners; it has to come from the legs.
6:40 The slippery descent is getting looser with every lap.
6:10 The wet meadow is costing a few seconds more every lap.
5:50 The ground in the long straight has been ridden rock hard.
5:00 Tyre pressure is half the race today, and nobody is saying so.
4:40 Dry and fast, and that makes it a long hour.
4:30 Half the field is running the little climb at the back by now.
4:10 The entrance to the little climb at the back is littered with abandoned bikes.
3:40 There are holes in the line through the little bridge that nobody is riding out any more.
3:30 The lines are fixed on a course this dry; they are all riding the same rut.
3:20 They are nearly all taking the same side through the wide section now; the other line is finished.
2:40 Ride the sequence of corners instead of running it and you take half a second out of the rest every lap.
2:20 All five are hunting a different line through the hurdles; none of them is finding the good one.
1:00 It is getting harder through the wide section with every lap that goes by.
0:50 The line through the wide section has opened right up.
0:05 Théo Rousseau goes past Lowie Bruggeman and takes the lead.
0:00 Modderveld: dry course, 6 laps. Mostly mud and climbing.