Modderveld
Gavere · Sunday 27 September 2026 · · week 4 of Summer 2026 · First division elite women
dry course · 6 laps · mud and climbing — settled — this is what it will be, 24°, 0 mm in drie dagen · 3.740 spectators lined the course
The podium
| 1 goud | Griet Herteleer — | 44:42 — | 0 pts € 900 |
| 2 zilver | Hanne Verhoeven — | 44:57 +14.4s | 0 pts € 600 |
| 3 brons | Elke Verlinden — | 44:57 +14.6s | 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 | Femke Vermeulen guest rider | — | 45:00 | +17.7s | € 320 | |
| 5 | Puck Smets guest rider | — | 45:07 | +24.4s | € 320 | |
| 6 | Zoë Demeyer | Good Question | 45:15 | +32.5s | € 320 | 16 |
| 7 | Julie Desmet guest rider | — | 45:16 | +33.9s | € 220 | |
| 8 | Janne Coene | Team MCL | 45:17 | +35.3s | € 220 | 14 |
| 9 | Markéta Procházková | Stuwie CX | 45:34 | +51.4s | € 220 | 13 |
| 10 | Amber Segers | Uk Team Lote ABC | 45:34 | +51.6s | € 220 | 12 |
| 11 | Emma Delrue guest rider | — | 45:35 | +52.5s | € 150 | |
| 12 | Eline Vranken | — | 45:37 | +54.5s | € 150 | 10 |
| 13 | Febe Cuypers | The Muddy Spuds | 45:37 Spare bike: punctured and changed bikes. | +54.7s | € 150 | 9 |
| 14 | Ilse Vanwalleghem | Team Tim | 45:37 | +55.0s | € 150 | 8 |
| 15 | Nina Coene guest rider | — | 45:40 Spare bike: punctured and changed bikes. | +57.5s | € 150 | |
| 16 | Fien Tanghe guest rider | — | 45:46 | +1:04 | € 150 | |
| 17 | Hanne Wauters | Rascals | 45:48 | +1:06 | € 150 | 5 |
| 18 | Wies Vandevelde | Hela Sauzen Pub Brawl | 45:51 | +1:09 | € 150 | 4 |
| 19 | Elke Rombouts | Nukeproof Bombers Cycling Team | 45:54 | +1:12 | € 150 | 3 |
| 20 | Élise Marchand | BAT Performance | 45:57 | +1:15 | € 150 | 2 |
| 21 | Hanne Coppens | 07raul07 | 46:03 | +1:21 | € 90 | |
| 22 | Griet Baeten guest rider | — | 46:10 | +1:28 | € 90 | |
| 23 | Amber Callens guest rider | — | 46:11 | +1:29 | € 90 | |
| 24 | Camille Chevalier | De kloefkappers | 46:18 | +1:36 | € 90 | |
| 25 | Lieze Janssens guest rider | — | 46:19 | +1:36 | € 90 | |
| 26 | Roos Deschepper | — | 46:26 | +1:43 | € 90 | |
| 27 | Coralie Lefevre | Bikefitting Surplace | 46:26 | +1:43 | € 90 | |
| 28 | Anke Michiels guest rider | — | 46:26 | +1:44 | € 90 | |
| DNF | Aitana Ferrer abandoned — no spare bike | Edwin1507 | — | — | ||
| DNF | Ilse Nuyts guest rider abandoned — bad luck | — | — | — |
Race report
46:26 Anke Michiels brings up the rear at 2 minutes. 2 riders did not make it to the line.
46:26 Coralie Lefevre crosses the line 27th, at 1:43.
46:26 Roos Deschepper crosses the line 26th, at 1:43.
44:57 Elke Verlinden crosses the line 3rd, at 0:15.
44:57 Hanne Verhoeven crosses the line 2nd, at 0:14.
44:42 Griet Herteleer wins by 14 seconds.
44:40 Get the sequence of corners wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.
44:20 On a dry course there is little to win in the corners; it has to come from the legs.
44:10 The sand in the pit is loose and deep — that is where the hour will be decided.
44:00 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.
43:10 Zoë Demeyer had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Janne Coene in the wide section.
42:40 The hollow is drying out on the side the sun is on.
42:10 The front group is riding on sight, not on line; it all looks the same out there.
41:10 The line through the slippery descent has opened right up.
41:00 Dry and fast, and that makes it a long hour.
40:50 Emma Delrue takes Febe Cuypers back in the sequence of corners.
40:30 In the wet meadow Eline Vranken gains a place on Wies Vandevelde.
40:00 Dust over the off-camber — there is no grip left in the corners.
39:40 The course is hard underneath; this is a day for anyone who can keep the power on.
39:20 The gap to the first chaser is 8 seconds.
38:40 The ground in the hollow has been ridden rock hard.
38:10 The sequence of corners is getting looser with every lap.
37:30 The lines are fixed on a course this dry; they are all riding the same rut.
37:20 There are holes in the line through the steps that nobody is riding out any more.
37:10 Eline Vranken goes past Hanne Wauters in the mud strip.
36:00 It is dusting up in the little climb at the back; anyone at the back is riding in a cloud.
35:40 Puck Smets has to let Janne Coene go in the wet meadow.
35:20 Hardly anybody is getting off today, and that makes it an hour with no rest in it.
33:40 All five are hunting a different line through the little climb at the back; none of them is finding the good one.
33:30 Julie Desmet dives past Febe Cuypers in the deep furrow.
32:50 The deep furrow is tearing itself apart; next lap it will be brutal in there.
32:30 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.
31:20 On a dry course there is little to win in the corners; it has to come from the legs.
31:00 There is 7 seconds on the clock behind the leaders.
30:30 Eline Vranken takes the other line through the deep furrow and comes out ahead of Hanne Coppens.
29:50 Amber Segers is too quick for Ilse Nuyts in the wet meadow and lies 13th now.
27:10 Tyre pressure is half the race today, and nobody is saying so.
26:40 In the little climb at the back Ilse Nuyts gains a place on Zoë Demeyer.
26:34 Aitana Ferrer punctures in the wet meadow and pulls out. No spare bike.
26:14 Nina Coene punctures in the steps, changes bike and loses 17 seconds.
26:00 The line through the deep furrow has opened right up.
25:53 Ilse Nuyts punctures in the mud strip and pulls out. Nobody in the pit.
25:50 Get the little bridge wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.
25:47 Janne Coene slides out in the steep side and loses 10 seconds.
25:40 A day for racing on the pedals; there is nothing to slide away.
25:30 Amber Segers had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Elke Rombouts in the hairpin.
24:50 The pits are working flat out.
24:40 Griet Herteleer goes past Janne Coene and takes the lead.
24:30 Dry and fast, and that makes it a long hour.
24:20 Griet Herteleer takes Hanne Verhoeven back in the off-camber.
24:10 Femke Vermeulen goes past Zoë Demeyer in the hollow.
24:00 It is dusting up in the sequence of corners; anyone at the back is riding in a cloud.
23:30 The entrance to the steep side is littered with abandoned bikes.
23:10 Zoë Demeyer has to let Griet Herteleer go in the long straight.
22:10 The line through the steep side is shifting; they are riding a metre off where they were a moment ago.
21:10 Ilse Nuyts dives past Hanne Wauters in the wide section.
21:00 Janne Coene is out on their own at the front.
20:40 There are holes in the line through the mud strip that nobody is riding out any more.
19:10 Hardly a bike change all day — there is nothing to wash off.
18:50 The mud strip is getting looser with every lap.
18:40 Fien Tanghe had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Hanne Wauters in the wide section.
18:30 Hanne Wauters is too quick for Emma Delrue in the little climb at the back and lies 9th now.
17:50 Ilse Vanwalleghem takes the other line through the steps and comes out ahead of Emma Delrue.
17:30 The gap to the first chaser is 6 seconds.
16:30 Half the field is running the long straight by now.
15:40 In the little bridge Markéta Procházková gains a place on Élise Marchand.
15:00 The ground in the pit has been ridden rock hard.
14:30 Ride the slippery descent instead of running it and you take half a second out of the rest every lap.
14:10 Anke Michiels takes Griet Baeten back in the hollow.
13:50 Puck Smets is too quick for Elke Rombouts in the deep furrow and lies 12th now.
13:10 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.
12:00 Hanne Verhoeven had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Febe Cuypers in the mud strip.
10:50 Get the mud strip wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.
10:20 The line through the sequence of corners has opened right up.
9:10 All five are hunting a different line through the long straight; none of them is finding the good one.
9:00 Zoë Demeyer has to let Janne Coene go in the off-camber.
9:00 Janne Coene goes past Zoë Demeyer and takes the lead.
8:30 A day for racing on the pedals; there is nothing to slide away.
8:20 Ilse Vanwalleghem goes past Eline Vranken in the steep side.
7:30 There is 5 seconds on the clock behind the leaders.
7:10 On a dry course there is little to win in the corners; it has to come from the legs.
6:50 It is getting harder through the steep side with every lap that goes by.
6:30 The sand in the deep furrow is loose and deep — that is where the hour will be decided.
6:20 It is dusting up in the hairpin; anyone at the back is riding in a cloud.
5:50 The finishing straight is getting looser with every lap.
5:30 They are nearly all taking the same side through the hurdles now; the other line is finished.
5:20 Hardly anybody is getting off today, and that makes it an hour with no rest in it.
3:50 The line through the deep furrow is shifting; they are riding a metre off where they were a moment ago.
3:43 Febe Cuypers punctures in the deep furrow, changes bike and loses 5 seconds.
3:40 They are still riding as one big group, and nobody is pulling.
2:40 The steps is tearing itself apart; next lap it will be brutal in there.
1:20 The gap to the first chaser is 5 seconds.
1:10 The wet meadow is costing a few seconds more every lap.
0:50 The course is hard underneath; this is a day for anyone who can keep the power on.
0:40 The entrance to the wide section is littered with abandoned bikes.
0:10 The hollow is drying out on the side the sun is on.
0:05 Zoë Demeyer goes past Griet Herteleer and takes the lead.
0:00 Modderveld: dry course, 6 laps. Mostly mud and climbing.