Scheldeboord
Dendermonde · Sunday 6 September 2026 · · week 1 of Summer 2026 · Second division A elite women
dry course · 6 laps · mud and power — settled — this is what it will be, 26°, 2 mm in drie dagen · 3.600 spectators lined the course
The podium
| 1 goud | Veerle Delrue — | 43:58 — | 30 pts € 900 |
| 2 zilver | Nina Vercammen — | 44:14 +16.3s | 25 pts € 600 |
| 3 brons | Emma Ceulemans — | 44:24 +26.4s | 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 | Manon Chevalier | — | 45:00 | +1:02 | € 320 | 18 |
| 5 | Justine Lefevre | — | 45:03 | +1:05 | € 320 | 17 |
| 6 | Camille Moreau | — | 45:05 | +1:07 | € 320 | 16 |
| 7 | Yara Verbeke | — | 45:07 Spare bike: punctured and changed bikes. | +1:10 | € 220 | 15 |
| 8 | Fien Decock | — | 45:10 | +1:12 | € 220 | 14 |
| 9 | Maaike Vandenberghe | — | 45:11 | +1:14 | € 220 | 13 |
| 10 | Febe Deschepper | — | 45:12 | +1:14 | € 220 | 12 |
| 11 | Marthe Callens | — | 45:25 | +1:27 | € 150 | 11 |
| 12 | Yara Vandevelde | — | 45:28 | +1:30 | € 150 | 10 |
| 13 | Camille Renaud | — | 45:29 | +1:31 | € 150 | 9 |
| 14 | Eliška Černá | — | 45:37 | +1:39 | € 150 | 8 |
| 15 | Noor Smets | — | 45:52 | +1:54 | € 150 | 7 |
| 16 | Fien Naessens | — | 45:53 | +1:55 | € 150 | 6 |
| 17 | Jolien Truyens | — | 45:55 | +1:57 | € 150 | 5 |
| 18 | Roos De Clercq | — | 45:57 | +1:59 | € 150 | 4 |
| 19 | Amber Depoorter | — | 45:57 | +1:59 | € 150 | 3 |
| 20 | Jolien Peeters | — | 45:58 | +2:01 | € 150 | 2 |
| 21 | Lena Vandenberghe | — | 45:59 | +2:01 | € 90 | |
| 22 | Janne Vanwalleghem | — | 45:59 | +2:01 | € 90 | |
| 23 | Kaat Steyaert | WC De Wieltjeszuigers | 46:05 | +2:07 | € 90 | |
| 24 | Britt Roelants | — | 46:06 | +2:08 | € 90 | |
| 25 | Lena Casteels | — | 46:07 | +2:09 | € 90 | |
| 26 | Veerle Brouwers | — | 46:14 Spare bike: punctured and changed bikes. | +2:17 | € 90 | |
| 27 | Yara Vanacker | — | 46:16 | +2:18 | € 90 | |
| 28 | Femke Brouwers | — | 46:18 | +2:21 | € 90 | |
| 29 | Maaike Rombouts | — | 46:19 | +2:21 | € 90 | |
| 30 | Wies Coene | — | 46:22 | +2:24 | € 90 | |
| 31 | Febe Truyens | — | 46:30 | +2:32 | ||
| 32 | Núria Ortega | — | 46:36 Spare bike: punctured and changed bikes. | +2:39 | ||
| 33 | Eliška Kučerová | — | 46:40 | +2:42 | ||
| 34 | Anke Struyf | — | 46:41 | +2:44 | ||
| 35 | Eline Demeyer | — | 46:47 Spare bike: punctured and changed bikes. | +2:49 | ||
| 36 | Jolien Nuyts | — | 47:18 | +3:20 |
Race report
47:18 Jolien Nuyts brings up the rear at 3 minutes. Everybody finished.
46:47 Eline Demeyer crosses the line 35th, at 2:49.
46:41 Anke Struyf crosses the line 34th, at 2:44.
44:24 Emma Ceulemans crosses the line 3rd, at 0:26.
44:14 Nina Vercammen crosses the line 2nd, at 0:16.
43:58 Veerle Delrue wins by 16 seconds.
43:40 It is getting harder through the mud strip with every lap that goes by.
43:20 Fien Decock had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Febe Deschepper in the hairpin.
42:20 In the finishing straight Jolien Truyens gains a place on Jolien Peeters.
42:00 It is dusting up in the long straight; anyone at the back is riding in a cloud.
41:50 There is 13 seconds on the clock behind the leaders.
41:40 The front group is riding on sight, not on line; it all looks the same out there.
41:30 Get the steps wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.
41:10 The start straight is costing a few seconds more every lap.
41:00 The line through the pit has opened right up.
40:50 The pits are working flat out.
40:00 Dust over the deep furrow — there is no grip left in the corners.
39:20 Noor Smets dives past Jolien Peeters in the deep furrow.
38:30 Britt Roelants has to let Noor Smets go in the wide section.
38:20 They are nearly all taking the same side through the long straight now; the other line is finished.
38:10 The course is hard underneath; this is a day for anyone who can keep the power on.
38:00 Amber Depoorter takes Jolien Peeters back in the slippery descent.
37:10 A day for racing on the pedals; there is nothing to slide away.
37:00 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.
36:00 Dry and fast, and that makes it a long hour.
35:40 Hardly anybody is getting off today, and that makes it an hour with no rest in it.
35:20 Hardly a bike change all day — there is nothing to wash off.
35:10 The sand in the finishing straight is loose and deep — that is where the hour will be decided.
34:17 Eline Demeyer punctures in the slippery descent, changes bike and loses 13 seconds.
34:10 The wet meadow is drying out on the side the sun is on.
34:00 Ride the wet meadow instead of running it and you take half a second out of the rest every lap.
33:30 Veerle Brouwers takes the other line through the wet meadow and comes out ahead of Febe Truyens.
32:00 Camille Moreau takes the other line through the wide section and comes out ahead of Maaike Vandenberghe.
31:50 With 2 up front, and Veerle Delrue on the front of it.
30:50 Get the slippery descent wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.
30:40 Eliška Černá had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Janne Vanwalleghem in the wide section.
30:20 The ground in the little bridge has been ridden rock hard.
28:50 The front group is riding on sight, not on line; it all looks the same out there.
28:40 A front group of 2, and they are watching each other.
28:30 The lines are fixed on a course this dry; they are all riding the same rut.
26:40 Noor Smets goes past Febe Truyens in the steps.
26:30 Maaike Vandenberghe is too quick for Camille Moreau in the long straight and lies 7th now.
26:23 Veerle Brouwers punctures in the wet meadow, changes bike and loses 11 seconds.
26:00 In the slippery descent Manon Chevalier gains a place on Camille Moreau.
25:10 The line through the long straight is shifting; they are riding a metre off where they were a moment ago.
24:50 Camille Renaud dives past Lena Vandenberghe in the wide section.
23:30 All five are hunting a different line through the slippery descent; none of them is finding the good one.
23:00 The pits are working flat out.
22:50 Wies Coene is too quick for Anke Struyf in the finishing straight and lies 34th now.
22:30 Camille Renaud goes past Janne Vanwalleghem in the mud strip.
22:20 The gap to the first chaser is 9 seconds.
22:00 The hairpin is drying out on the side the sun is on.
20:30 Fien Naessens has to let Amber Depoorter go in the off-camber.
20:00 They are nearly all taking the same side through the sequence of corners now; the other line is finished.
19:00 Janne Vanwalleghem has to let Manon Chevalier go in the finishing straight.
18:30 Camille Moreau takes Febe Deschepper back in the finishing straight.
18:10 Maaike Vandenberghe has to let Camille Moreau go in the deep furrow.
17:00 Tyre pressure is half the race today, and nobody is saying so.
16:40 Manon Chevalier had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Jolien Peeters in the long straight.
16:30 Febe Deschepper takes the other line through the mud strip and comes out ahead of Lena Vandenberghe.
16:10 Femke Brouwers goes past Lena Casteels in the slippery descent.
16:00 There is 9 seconds on the clock behind the leaders.
15:40 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.
15:10 A day for racing on the pedals; there is nothing to slide away.
14:40 In the deep furrow Lena Casteels gains a place on Roos De Clercq.
14:25 Veerle Delrue goes past Emma Ceulemans and takes the lead.
13:40 Get the wet meadow wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.
12:20 Camille Moreau has to let Justine Lefevre go in the start straight.
12:10 Nina Vercammen is too quick for Marthe Callens in the slippery descent and lies 4th now.
10:00 Nina Vercammen dives past Eliška Černá in the slippery descent.
9:40 With 2 up front, and Veerle Delrue on the front of it.
9:30 The entrance to the wet meadow is littered with abandoned bikes.
7:40 The ground in the finishing straight has been ridden rock hard.
7:30 Camille Moreau takes Eline Demeyer back in the deep furrow.
7:19 Emma Ceulemans takes the lead.
7:00 The sand in the mud strip is loose and deep — that is where the hour will be decided.
6:00 Dry and fast, and that makes it a long hour.
5:50 A front group of 8, and they are watching each other.
5:00 The gap to the first chaser is 5 seconds.
4:40 It is getting harder through the wide section with every lap that goes by.
4:00 The field is still all together at the front.
3:50 Núria Ortega punctures in the little bridge, changes bike and loses 13 seconds.
3:50 The wet meadow is getting looser with every lap.
3:47 Yara Verbeke punctures in the little bridge, changes bike and loses 10 seconds.
3:20 Hardly anybody is getting off today, and that makes it an hour with no rest in it.
2:40 All five are hunting a different line through the hollow; none of them is finding the good one.
2:20 Tyre pressure is half the race today, and nobody is saying so.
2:00 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.
1:40 They are nearly all taking the same side through the deep furrow now; the other line is finished.
1:00 The pits are working flat out.
0:10 Emma Ceulemans goes past Veerle Delrue in the deep furrow.
0:00 Scheldeboord: dry course, 6 laps. Mostly mud and power.