Modderveld
Gavere · Sunday 27 September 2026 · · week 4 of Summer 2026 · First division under-23 women
dry course · 6 laps · mud and climbing — settled — this is what it will be, 24°, 0 mm in drie dagen · 1.890 spectators lined the course
The podium
| 1 goud | Lena Desmet — | 43:51 — | 0 pts € 900 |
| 2 zilver | Lore Smets — | 44:59 +1:08 | 0 pts € 600 |
| 3 brons | Fien Coppens — | 45:02 +1:11 | 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 | Zoë Steyaert guest rider | — | 45:03 | +1:12 | € 320 | |
| 5 | Marthe Casteels guest rider | — | 45:19 | +1:28 | € 320 | |
| 6 | Fauve Verbeke | Edwin1507 | 45:30 | +1:39 | € 320 | 16 |
| 7 | Britt Verbeke | Hela Sauzen Pub Brawl | 45:35 | +1:44 | € 220 | 15 |
| 8 | Janne Segers | Team Tim | 45:46 | +1:55 | € 220 | 14 |
| 9 | Sanne Rombouts guest rider | — | 45:46 | +1:55 | € 220 | |
| 10 | Eline Decock | Nukeproof Bombers Cycling Team | 45:46 | +1:55 | € 220 | 12 |
| 11 | Justine Rousseau guest rider | — | 45:47 | +1:56 | € 150 | |
| 12 | Femke Peeters guest rider | — | 45:48 | +1:57 | € 150 | |
| 13 | Emma Vandenberghe guest rider | — | 45:48 | +1:58 | € 150 | |
| 14 | Jolien Dierckx | Team MCL | 45:50 | +1:59 | € 150 | 8 |
| 15 | Tereza Kučerová guest rider | — | 45:51 Spare bike: punctured and changed bikes. | +2:00 | € 150 | |
| 16 | Roos Vanwalleghem guest rider | — | 45:58 | +2:07 | € 150 | |
| 17 | Noémie Marchand | — | 45:59 | +2:08 | € 150 | 5 |
| 18 | Océane Barbier | BAT Performance | 45:59 | +2:08 | € 150 | 4 |
| 19 | Kateřina Králová guest rider | — | 45:59 Spare bike: punctured and changed bikes. | +2:08 | € 150 | |
| 20 | Océane Lefevre | Stuwie CX | 46:02 | +2:11 | € 150 | 2 |
| 21 | Coralie Chevalier | The Muddy Spuds | 46:03 | +2:12 | € 90 | |
| 22 | Elke Roelants | Good Question | 46:05 | +2:14 | € 90 | |
| 23 | Marthe Depoorter guest rider | — | 46:06 | +2:15 | € 90 | |
| 24 | Lore Vermeulen | — | 46:06 | +2:15 | € 90 | |
| 25 | Femke Dierckx | Uk Team Lote ABC | 46:08 | +2:17 | € 90 | |
| 26 | Eline Lambrecht guest rider | — | 46:14 | +2:23 | € 90 | |
| 27 | Nerea Ferrer | Bikefitting Surplace | 46:14 | +2:23 | € 90 | |
| 28 | Lena Lambrecht | Rascals | 46:14 | +2:24 | € 90 | |
| 29 | Zoë Verlinden | De kloefkappers | 46:28 | +2:37 | € 90 | |
| 30 | Markéta Benešová | 07raul07 | 46:38 | +2:47 | € 90 |
Race report
46:38 Markéta Benešová brings up the rear at 3 minutes. Everybody finished.
46:28 Zoë Verlinden crosses the line 29th, at 2:37.
46:14 Lena Lambrecht crosses the line 28th, at 2:24.
45:02 Fien Coppens crosses the line 3rd, at 1:11.
44:59 Lore Smets crosses the line 2nd, at 1:08.
43:51 Lena Desmet wins by 68 seconds.
43:20 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.
43:10 The wet meadow is getting looser with every lap.
43:00 All five are hunting a different line through the wide section; none of them is finding the good one.
42:40 Emma Vandenberghe goes past Roos Vanwalleghem in the pit.
40:30 Dry and fast, and that makes it a long hour.
39:50 Lena Desmet has opened a gap and is alone up there.
39:30 Fauve Verbeke is too quick for Britt Verbeke in the mud strip and lies 6th now.
38:50 Coralie Chevalier dives past Elke Roelants in the steps.
38:30 The front group is riding on sight, not on line; it all looks the same out there.
38:10 In the hollow Emma Vandenberghe gains a place on Femke Dierckx.
37:20 Coralie Chevalier has to let Tereza Kučerová go in the little climb at the back.
37:10 Eline Decock takes the other line through the hollow and comes out ahead of Roos Vanwalleghem.
36:50 In the sequence of corners Tereza Kučerová gains a place on Emma Vandenberghe.
36:40 In the hollow Zoë Verlinden gains a place on Eline Lambrecht.
36:20 The gap to the first chaser is 39 seconds.
35:50 Hardly anybody is getting off today, and that makes it an hour with no rest in it.
35:20 Lena Desmet is out on their own at the front.
35:10 Lore Vermeulen had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Femke Dierckx in the mud strip.
33:50 The sand in the deep furrow is loose and deep — that is where the hour will be decided.
33:49 Sanne Rombouts slides out in the deep furrow and loses 3 seconds.
33:10 Dust over the finishing straight — there is no grip left in the corners.
32:40 There is 35 seconds on the clock behind the leaders.
31:30 Half the field is running the hairpin by now.
30:20 A day for racing on the pedals; there is nothing to slide away.
30:00 Tereza Kučerová takes Lore Vermeulen back in the hollow.
29:10 The line through the long straight has opened right up.
28:20 Eline Lambrecht goes past Noémie Marchand in the hairpin.
28:10 There are holes in the line through the finishing straight that nobody is riding out any more.
27:50 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.
27:30 Janne Segers dives past Nerea Ferrer in the start straight.
27:20 Hardly a bike change all day — there is nothing to wash off.
27:10 Sanne Rombouts had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Jolien Dierckx in the wide section.
27:00 Lena Desmet has opened a gap and is alone up there.
26:50 Ride the deep furrow instead of running it and you take half a second out of the rest every lap.
26:40 The line through the pit is shifting; they are riding a metre off where they were a moment ago.
26:20 Femke Dierckx has to let Eline Decock go in the wide section.
26:15 Kateřina Králová punctures in the deep furrow, changes bike and loses 16 seconds.
25:50 It is getting harder through the slippery descent with every lap that goes by.
25:40 The front group is riding on sight, not on line; it all looks the same out there.
25:30 In the wide section Eline Decock gains a place on Marthe Depoorter.
25:00 Fauve Verbeke is too quick for Nerea Ferrer in the deep furrow and lies 8th now.
24:50 In the slippery descent Elke Roelants gains a place on Lore Vermeulen.
24:40 Fauve Verbeke dives past Océane Barbier in the steps.
24:30 Fien Coppens takes the other line through the hollow and comes out ahead of Marthe Depoorter.
23:40 Fien Coppens goes past Janne Segers in the wet meadow.
23:10 Dry and fast, and that makes it a long hour.
22:50 Tyre pressure is half the race today, and nobody is saying so.
22:40 A day for racing on the pedals; there is nothing to slide away.
22:20 Lena Desmet is out on their own at the front.
22:10 Dust over the steep side — there is no grip left in the corners.
21:50 In the slippery descent Océane Barbier gains a place on Nerea Ferrer.
21:30 The gap to the first chaser is 5 seconds.
20:30 Hardly anybody is getting off today, and that makes it an hour with no rest in it.
20:20 The sand in the deep furrow is loose and deep — that is where the hour will be decided.
19:10 Eline Decock had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Lore Vermeulen in the mud strip.
18:10 The finishing straight is drying out on the side the sun is on.
18:00 The line through the off-camber is shifting; they are riding a metre off where they were a moment ago.
17:40 The course is hard underneath; this is a day for anyone who can keep the power on.
17:00 There is 21 seconds on the clock behind the leaders.
16:50 Marthe Casteels is too quick for Lena Lambrecht in the wet meadow and lies 10th now.
16:40 Nerea Ferrer takes Kateřina Králová back in the deep furrow.
16:20 Janne Segers has to let Lore Smets go in the long straight.
15:40 It is dusting up in the deep furrow; anyone at the back is riding in a cloud.
15:30 Marthe Depoorter dives past Kateřina Králová in the steps.
15:10 With 2 up front, and Lena Desmet on the front of it.
15:00 Britt Verbeke goes past Janne Segers in the hollow.
14:30 Sanne Rombouts is too quick for Jolien Dierckx in the hairpin and lies 10th now.
14:00 The hollow is tearing itself apart; next lap it will be brutal in there.
13:50 The line through the finishing straight has opened right up.
13:30 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.
13:10 Jolien Dierckx has to let Marthe Depoorter go in the off-camber.
12:10 The hollow is getting looser with every lap.
11:40 Marthe Depoorter takes Zoë Verlinden back in the little climb at the back.
10:30 Lore Vermeulen takes the other line through the finishing straight and comes out ahead of Eline Decock.
10:00 In the steep side Britt Verbeke gains a place on Lena Lambrecht.
9:20 The lines are fixed on a course this dry; they are all riding the same rut.
8:30 The gap to the first chaser is 4 seconds.
8:00 Marthe Casteels had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Roos Vanwalleghem in the slippery descent.
7:20 On a dry course there is little to win in the corners; it has to come from the legs.
7:00 Hardly anybody is getting off today, and that makes it an hour with no rest in it.
6:50 Dry and fast, and that makes it a long hour.
5:20 A day for racing on the pedals; there is nothing to slide away.
5:10 The sand in the mud strip is loose and deep — that is where the hour will be decided.
5:00 There are holes in the line through the steep side that nobody is riding out any more.
4:50 All five are hunting a different line through the little bridge; none of them is finding the good one.
4:10 The ground in the little bridge has been ridden rock hard.
3:54 Tereza Kučerová punctures in the slippery descent, changes bike and loses 26 seconds.
3:40 They are nearly all taking the same side through the off-camber now; the other line is finished.
2:50 Get the slippery descent wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.
2:40 The hollow is tearing itself apart; next lap it will be brutal in there.
2:30 The hollow is costing a few seconds more every lap.
1:00 Dust over the finishing straight — there is no grip left in the corners.
0:10 It is dusting up in the pit; anyone at the back is riding in a cloud.
0:00 Modderveld: dry course, 6 laps. Mostly mud and climbing.