Scheldeboord
Dendermonde · Sunday 6 September 2026 · · week 1 of Summer 2026 · Second division A elite men
dry course · 8 laps · mud and power — settled — this is what it will be, 26°, 2 mm in drie dagen · 3.360 spectators lined the course
The podium
| 1 goud | Rémi Lefevre — | 59:26 — | 30 pts € 900 |
| 2 zilver | Daan Maertens — | 59:47 +21.0s | 25 pts € 600 |
| 3 brons | Bavo Debruyne — | 59:58 +33.0s | 21 pts € 450 |
The course
- the mud strip
- the long straight
- the sequence of corners
- the steps
- the deep furrow
- the wide section
The rest of the result
| Rider | Team | Time | Gap | Prize | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Mathijs Demeyer | — | 1:00:07 | +41.1s | € 320 | 18 |
| 5 | Jasper Roelants | — | 1:00:07 | +41.3s | € 320 | 17 |
| 6 | Kobe Truyens | — | 1:00:11 | +45.2s | € 320 | 16 |
| 7 | Nicolas Chevalier | — | 1:00:11 | +45.8s | € 220 | 15 |
| 8 | Julien Chevalier | — | 1:00:12 | +46.0s | € 220 | 14 |
| 9 | Julien Bernard | — | 1:00:14 | +48.4s | € 220 | 13 |
| 10 | Seppe Dierckx | WC De Wieltjeszuigers | 1:00:21 | +55.9s | € 220 | 12 |
| 11 | Lowie Ceulemans | — | 1:00:23 | +57.6s | € 150 | 11 |
| 12 | Jens Vercammen | — | 1:00:32 | +1:06 | € 150 | 10 |
| 13 | Bavo Lambrecht | — | 1:00:35 | +1:09 | € 150 | 9 |
| 14 | Seppe Vanhee | — | 1:00:37 | +1:12 | € 150 | 8 |
| 15 | Tibo Verbeke | — | 1:00:41 | +1:16 | € 150 | 7 |
| 16 | Quentin Moreau | — | 1:00:46 | +1:21 | € 150 | 6 |
| 17 | Vince Vandevelde | — | 1:00:49 | +1:23 | € 150 | 5 |
| 18 | Toon Herteleer | — | 1:00:58 | +1:32 | € 150 | 4 |
| 19 | Toon Naessens | — | 1:01:01 | +1:36 | € 150 | 3 |
| 20 | Mathijs Casteels | — | 1:01:02 | +1:36 | € 150 | 2 |
| 21 | Dries Truyens | — | 1:01:05 | +1:39 | € 90 | |
| 22 | Loïc Barbier | — | 1:01:05 | +1:40 | € 90 | |
| 23 | Baptiste Bernard | — | 1:01:05 | +1:40 | € 90 | |
| 24 | Ondřej Král | — | 1:01:07 Spare bike: punctured and changed bikes. | +1:41 | € 90 | |
| 25 | Radek Dvořák | — | 1:01:08 | +1:43 | € 90 | |
| 26 | Arne Bruggeman | — | 1:01:18 | +1:52 | € 90 | |
| 27 | Bram Baeten | — | 1:01:21 | +1:55 | € 90 | |
| 28 | Théo Lefevre | — | 1:01:28 | +2:03 | € 90 | |
| 29 | Xander Wauters | — | 1:01:33 | +2:08 | € 90 | |
| 30 | Ondřej Kučera | — | 1:01:39 | +2:13 | € 90 | |
| 31 | Daan Peeters | — | 1:01:41 | +2:15 | ||
| 32 | Lars Vanhoutte | — | 1:01:42 Spare bike: punctured and changed bikes. | +2:17 | ||
| 33 | Tomáš Procházka | — | 1:01:50 | +2:24 | ||
| 34 | Sil Cools | — | 1:01:51 | +2:26 | ||
| 35 | Pieter Steyaert | — | 1:01:57 | +2:31 | ||
| 36 | Iván Solana | — | 1:02:36 | +3:10 |
Race report
1:02:36 Iván Solana brings up the rear at 3 minutes. Everybody finished.
1:01:57 Pieter Steyaert crosses the line 35th, at 2:31.
1:01:51 Sil Cools crosses the line 34th, at 2:26.
59:58 Bavo Debruyne crosses the line 3rd, at 0:33.
59:47 Daan Maertens crosses the line 2nd, at 0:21.
59:26 Rémi Lefevre wins by 21 seconds.
58:50 Dust over the deep furrow — there is no grip left in the corners.
58:30 Ondřej Kučera had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Lars Vanhoutte in the deep furrow.
57:50 It is dusting up in the long straight; anyone at the back is riding in a cloud.
57:43 Sil Cools slides out in the steep side and loses 7 seconds.
56:30 The gap to the first chaser is 14 seconds.
56:00 Dry and fast, and that makes it a long hour.
55:20 Rémi Lefevre is out on their own at the front.
54:50 All five are hunting a different line through the finishing straight; none of them is finding the good one.
54:30 In the slippery descent Jasper Roelants gains a place on Nicolas Chevalier.
54:10 The line through the mud strip has opened right up.
54:00 The start straight is tearing itself apart; next lap it will be brutal in there.
53:40 The hurdles is costing a few seconds more every lap.
51:50 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.
51:47 Rémi Lefevre goes past Daan Maertens and takes the lead.
51:40 The line through the little climb at the back is shifting; they are riding a metre off where they were a moment ago.
51:20 Tibo Verbeke takes Mathijs Casteels back in the little bridge.
51:00 Half the field is running the hurdles by now.
50:30 A day for racing on the pedals; there is nothing to slide away.
50:10 The lines are fixed on a course this dry; they are all riding the same rut.
50:00 Hardly anybody is getting off today, and that makes it an hour with no rest in it.
49:20 Lowie Ceulemans takes Jens Vercammen back in the mud strip.
49:00 Julien Bernard dives past Seppe Dierckx in the hairpin.
48:00 The front group is riding on sight, not on line; it all looks the same out there.
47:40 Julien Chevalier goes past Seppe Vanhee in the hairpin.
47:30 They are nearly all taking the same side through the long straight now; the other line is finished.
47:00 Quentin Moreau has to let Vince Vandevelde go in the wide section.
46:20 There is 13 seconds on the clock behind the leaders.
45:50 Toon Herteleer is too quick for Baptiste Bernard in the deep furrow and lies 17th now.
45:30 There are holes in the line through the wide section that nobody is riding out any more.
44:20 The course is hard underneath; this is a day for anyone who can keep the power on.
44:08 Daan Maertens goes past Rémi Lefevre and takes the lead.
43:40 The pits are working flat out.
43:30 Ondřej Král is too quick for Radek Dvořák in the mud strip and lies 25th now.
43:00 In the mud strip Vince Vandevelde gains a place on Bavo Lambrecht.
42:10 The line through the hollow has opened right up.
42:00 Tibo Verbeke takes the other line through the start straight and comes out ahead of Théo Lefevre.
41:50 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.
40:30 All five are hunting a different line through the start straight; none of them is finding the good one.
39:20 The wet meadow is drying out on the side the sun is on.
39:10 Dry and fast, and that makes it a long hour.
38:50 Arne Bruggeman had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Théo Lefevre in the start straight.
38:30 Dust over the sequence of corners — there is no grip left in the corners.
38:20 The lines are fixed on a course this dry; they are all riding the same rut.
38:00 Get the long straight wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.
37:10 Daan Maertens dives past Jasper Roelants in the finishing straight.
35:50 The long straight is costing a few seconds more every lap.
35:30 Jasper Roelants takes Daan Maertens back in the hurdles.
34:40 Mathijs Casteels has to let Vince Vandevelde go in the sequence of corners.
34:30 Arne Bruggeman goes past Ondřej Král in the long straight.
33:50 It is dusting up in the little climb at the back; anyone at the back is riding in a cloud.
33:50 Sil Cools slides out in the hurdles and loses 8 seconds.
33:39 Ondřej Král punctures in the deep furrow, changes bike and loses 22 seconds.
33:30 There are holes in the line through the start straight that nobody is riding out any more.
33:00 On a dry course there is little to win in the corners; it has to come from the legs.
32:50 The line through the finishing straight is shifting; they are riding a metre off where they were a moment ago.
32:40 The entrance to the pit is littered with abandoned bikes.
32:30 Hardly a bike change all day — there is nothing to wash off.
31:40 Half the field is running the deep furrow by now.
31:20 Baptiste Bernard is too quick for Ondřej Král in the deep furrow and lies 20th now.
30:10 It is getting harder through the wet meadow with every lap that goes by.
30:00 In the wet meadow Quentin Moreau gains a place on Ondřej Král.
29:10 Rémi Lefevre is out on their own at the front.
29:04 Rémi Lefevre goes past Nicolas Chevalier and takes the lead.
28:50 They are nearly all taking the same side through the wide section now; the other line is finished.
28:40 Rémi Lefevre has opened a gap and is alone up there.
28:00 The finishing straight is drying out on the side the sun is on.
26:30 There is 5 seconds on the clock behind the leaders.
26:20 Radek Dvořák had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Pieter Steyaert in the slippery descent.
25:50 Up front Bavo Debruyne goes past Mathijs Demeyer — 3rd now.
25:00 Bavo Lambrecht dives past Vince Vandevelde in the wide section.
24:40 The pits are working flat out.
24:20 Seppe Vanhee had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Baptiste Bernard in the steep side.
24:00 Julien Bernard dives past Baptiste Bernard in the wide section.
23:10 Jasper Roelants takes the other line through the wide section and comes out ahead of Baptiste Bernard.
23:00 Pieter Steyaert has to let Lowie Ceulemans go in the wide section.
21:46 Nicolas Chevalier goes past Rémi Lefevre and takes the lead.
20:30 Lowie Ceulemans goes past Dries Truyens in the little bridge.
20:10 Ondřej Král takes the other line through the long straight and comes out ahead of Dries Truyens.
19:50 The course is hard underneath; this is a day for anyone who can keep the power on.
19:40 There are 2 of them at the front.
18:50 Baptiste Bernard dives past Seppe Dierckx in the sequence of corners.
18:47 Tomáš Procházka slides out in the deep furrow and loses 3 seconds.
18:41 Lars Vanhoutte punctures in the wet meadow, changes bike and loses 11 seconds.
18:40 Toon Herteleer is too quick for Vince Vandevelde in the wet meadow and lies 16th now.
18:30 Tyre pressure is half the race today, and nobody is saying so.
17:50 There are holes in the line through the long straight that nobody is riding out any more.
17:20 Julien Bernard takes Dries Truyens back in the wide section.
17:10 The long straight is tearing itself apart; next lap it will be brutal in there.
17:00 Xander Wauters had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Lars Vanhoutte in the finishing straight.
16:20 In the off-camber Ondřej Král gains a place on Quentin Moreau.
16:00 With 2 up front, and Rémi Lefevre on the front of it.
14:40 Hardly a bike change all day — there is nothing to wash off.
14:29 Rémi Lefevre goes past Bavo Debruyne and takes the lead.
14:20 The front group is riding on sight, not on line; it all looks the same out there.
14:00 The start straight is costing a few seconds more every lap.
13:50 The mud strip is drying out on the side the sun is on.
13:30 The sand in the mud strip is loose and deep — that is where the hour will be decided.
13:10 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.
12:30 Hardly anybody is getting off today, and that makes it an hour with no rest in it.
11:40 Dries Truyens is too quick for Vince Vandevelde in the steep side and lies 14th now.
10:40 Daan Maertens goes past Baptiste Bernard in the mud strip.
9:50 Dries Truyens dives past Quentin Moreau in the mud strip.
8:50 Jens Vercammen has to let Rémi Lefevre go in the deep furrow.
8:20 Julien Chevalier takes the other line through the deep furrow and comes out ahead of Quentin Moreau.
7:20 Bavo Debruyne takes the lead.
6:50 The line through the off-camber has opened right up.
5:30 There is 4 seconds on the clock behind the leaders.
4:50 The field is still all together at the front.
4:40 The course is hard underneath; this is a day for anyone who can keep the power on.
4:30 Dust over the hurdles — there is no grip left in the corners.
3:40 Dry and fast, and that makes it a long hour.
3:00 The line through the wet meadow is shifting; they are riding a metre off where they were a moment ago.
2:10 The pits are working flat out.
1:40 The lines are fixed on a course this dry; they are all riding the same rut.
1:30 Get the finishing straight wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.
0:40 All five are hunting a different line through the long straight; none of them is finding the good one.
0:00 Scheldeboord: dry course, 8 laps. Mostly mud and power.