Scheldeboord
Dendermonde · Sunday 6 September 2026 · · week 1 of Summer 2026 · Second division A under-23 women
dry course · 6 laps · mud and power — settled — this is what it will be, 25°, 2 mm in drie dagen · 1.760 spectators lined the course
The podium
| 1 goud | Kaat Vandenberghe — | 44:25 — | 30 pts € 900 |
| 2 zilver | Ilse Delrue — | 44:26 +1.4s | 25 pts € 600 |
| 3 brons | Yara Wauters — | 44:41 +16.6s | 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 | Febe Vanhoutte | — | 44:51 | +26.2s | € 320 | 18 |
| 5 | Britt Delrue | — | 44:57 | +32.1s | € 320 | 17 |
| 6 | Eline Tanghe | — | 44:58 | +33.6s | € 320 | 16 |
| 7 | Wies Rombouts | — | 44:59 | +34.0s | € 220 | 15 |
| 8 | Merel Casteels | — | 45:01 | +36.3s | € 220 | 14 |
| 9 | Zoë Bogaerts | — | 45:02 | +37.5s | € 220 | 13 |
| 10 | Yara Debruyne | — | 45:10 | +45.4s | € 220 | 12 |
| 11 | Jolien Brouwers | — | 45:13 | +48.2s | € 150 | 11 |
| 12 | Eline Geens | — | 45:14 | +49.8s | € 150 | 10 |
| 13 | Robin Steyaert | — | 45:21 | +56.0s | € 150 | 9 |
| 14 | Marie Nuyts | — | 45:24 | +59.5s | € 150 | 8 |
| 15 | Tereza Procházková | — | 45:25 | +59.9s | € 150 | 7 |
| 16 | Zoë Maes | — | 45:32 | +1:07 | € 150 | 6 |
| 17 | Julie Dhaene | — | 45:51 | +1:26 | € 150 | 5 |
| 18 | Amber Janssens | — | 45:58 | +1:33 | € 150 | 4 |
| 19 | Janne Delrue | — | 45:58 | +1:33 | € 150 | 3 |
| 20 | Hanne Herteleer | — | 45:58 | +1:33 | € 150 | 2 |
| 21 | Lise Truyens | — | 45:59 | +1:35 | € 90 | |
| 22 | Puck Janssens | — | 46:00 | +1:36 | € 90 | |
| 23 | Merel Bruggeman | — | 46:01 | +1:36 | € 90 | |
| 24 | Zoë Nuyts | WC De Wieltjeszuigers | 46:02 | +1:37 | € 90 | |
| 25 | Lise Vermote | — | 46:02 | +1:38 | € 90 | |
| 26 | Anežka Nováková | — | 46:05 | +1:41 | € 90 | |
| 27 | Lise Peeters | — | 46:08 | +1:44 | € 90 | |
| 28 | Sara Verstraete | — | 46:09 | +1:44 | € 90 | |
| 29 | Julie Michiels | — | 46:14 | +1:49 | € 90 | |
| 30 | Eline Vanhee | — | 46:24 | +1:59 | € 90 | |
| 31 | Marie Steyaert | — | 46:46 | +2:22 | ||
| 32 | Sara Bogaerts | — | 46:48 | +2:23 | ||
| 33 | Marthe Vranken | — | 46:55 | +2:30 | ||
| 34 | Eline Vanwalleghem | — | 47:01 | +2:36 | ||
| 35 | Nerea Ortega | — | 47:03 | +2:38 | ||
| 36 | Maaike Steyaert | — | 47:10 | +2:45 |
Race report
47:10 Maaike Steyaert brings up the rear at 3 minutes. Everybody finished.
47:03 Nerea Ortega crosses the line 35th, at 2:38.
47:01 Eline Vanwalleghem crosses the line 34th, at 2:36.
44:41 Yara Wauters crosses the line 3rd, at 0:17.
44:26 Ilse Delrue crosses the line 2nd, at 0:01.
44:25 Kaat Vandenberghe wins by 1 second.
44:00 Puck Janssens has to let Hanne Herteleer go in the start straight.
43:00 All five are hunting a different line through the slippery descent; none of them is finding the good one.
42:00 The pits are working flat out.
41:50 It is dusting up in the hurdles; anyone at the back is riding in a cloud.
41:18 Eline Geens slides out in the wide section and loses 1 second.
40:50 They are nearly all taking the same side through the wide section now; the other line is finished.
40:30 The course is hard underneath; this is a day for anyone who can keep the power on.
40:10 The entrance to the sequence of corners is littered with abandoned bikes.
39:40 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.
38:30 Hardly a bike change all day — there is nothing to wash off.
38:10 On a dry course there is little to win in the corners; it has to come from the legs.
37:10 Tyre pressure is half the race today, and nobody is saying so.
37:00 In the little climb at the back Robin Steyaert gains a place on Tereza Procházková.
36:10 Zoë Bogaerts takes the other line through the hurdles and comes out ahead of Wies Rombouts.
35:50 Dust over the pit — there is no grip left in the corners.
35:30 Hanne Herteleer is too quick for Anežka Nováková in the mud strip and lies 20th now.
35:20 In the wide section Zoë Bogaerts gains a place on Jolien Brouwers.
34:10 Sara Bogaerts takes the other line through the start straight and comes out ahead of Maaike Steyaert.
33:50 Zoë Bogaerts dives past Marie Nuyts in the deep furrow.
33:30 Hardly anybody is getting off today, and that makes it an hour with no rest in it.
33:20 Zoë Bogaerts had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Tereza Procházková in the deep furrow.
32:50 The wet meadow is drying out on the side the sun is on.
32:40 Wies Rombouts has to let Merel Casteels go in the long straight.
32:30 The line through the wide section is shifting; they are riding a metre off where they were a moment ago.
31:50 The ground in the finishing straight has been ridden rock hard.
31:10 The sand in the wide section is loose and deep — that is where the hour will be decided.
29:50 Nerea Ortega takes the other line through the deep furrow and comes out ahead of Eline Vanwalleghem.
29:10 The steps is getting looser with every lap.
28:50 The course is hard underneath; this is a day for anyone who can keep the power on.
28:20 Puck Janssens takes Anežka Nováková back in the start straight.
28:10 Zoë Maes is too quick for Lise Peeters in the mud strip and lies 23rd now.
27:30 Hanne Herteleer goes past Julie Michiels in the hollow.
27:10 On a dry course there is little to win in the corners; it has to come from the legs.
26:50 Tyre pressure is half the race today, and nobody is saying so.
26:20 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.
25:20 Lise Peeters is too quick for Julie Michiels in the mud strip and lies 21st now.
25:10 There are holes in the line through the wet meadow that nobody is riding out any more.
25:00 In the start straight Eline Tanghe gains a place on Tereza Procházková.
24:40 The lines are fixed on a course this dry; they are all riding the same rut.
24:20 It is dusting up in the steep side; anyone at the back is riding in a cloud.
24:10 A day for racing on the pedals; there is nothing to slide away.
22:50 Ilse Delrue moves up to 3rd at Wies Rombouts's expense.
21:50 The gap to the first chaser is 4 seconds.
21:45 Kaat Vandenberghe goes past Ilse Delrue and takes the lead.
21:30 There is 4 seconds on the clock behind the leaders.
20:50 The entrance to the deep furrow is littered with abandoned bikes.
20:40 Ride the hairpin instead of running it and you take half a second out of the rest every lap.
20:10 Sara Bogaerts goes past Marie Steyaert in the hurdles.
19:50 With 4 up front, and Kaat Vandenberghe on the front of it.
19:40 Half the field is running the start straight by now.
19:30 Sara Verstraete takes the other line through the hurdles and comes out ahead of Eline Vanwalleghem.
19:10 Zoë Bogaerts had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Julie Michiels in the start straight.
18:00 Dry and fast, and that makes it a long hour.
17:10 Dust over the wet meadow — there is no grip left in the corners.
17:00 The hairpin is tearing itself apart; next lap it will be brutal in there.
16:40 The front group is riding on sight, not on line; it all looks the same out there.
16:30 The ground in the long straight has been ridden rock hard.
16:20 All five are hunting a different line through the deep furrow; none of them is finding the good one.
15:40 Jolien Brouwers takes the other line through the off-camber and comes out ahead of Tereza Procházková.
15:20 Merel Casteels dives past Eline Geens in the mud strip.
15:10 Jolien Brouwers goes past Eline Tanghe in the slippery descent.
14:40 In the finishing straight Marie Nuyts gains a place on Lise Peeters.
14:21 Ilse Delrue goes past Britt Delrue and takes the lead.
14:20 Anežka Nováková is too quick for Lise Peeters in the off-camber and lies 18th now.
14:00 Janne Delrue had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Merel Casteels in the finishing straight.
13:00 Lise Truyens takes Marie Nuyts back in the hairpin.
12:30 Julie Michiels has to let Tereza Procházková go in the finishing straight.
12:20 The pits are working flat out.
12:10 Janne Delrue takes the other line through the little climb at the back and comes out ahead of Marie Nuyts.
11:25 Zoë Maes goes down in the off-camber and loses 18 seconds.
11:10 The course is hard underneath; this is a day for anyone who can keep the power on.
11:02 Julie Michiels slides out in the slippery descent and loses 1 second.
11:02 Eline Tanghe slides out in the hollow and loses 7 seconds.
10:10 Britt Delrue has to let Ilse Delrue go in the slippery descent.
10:00 On a dry course there is little to win in the corners; it has to come from the legs.
9:20 In the wet meadow Wies Rombouts gains a place on Robin Steyaert.
9:00 Febe Vanhoutte dives past Hanne Herteleer in the sequence of corners.
8:40 It is getting harder through the hairpin with every lap that goes by.
7:30 Ilse Delrue goes past Yara Wauters in the start straight.
7:18 Britt Delrue takes the lead.
7:00 The off-camber is drying out on the side the sun is on.
6:30 Ride the little bridge instead of running it and you take half a second out of the rest every lap.
6:10 The front group is riding on sight, not on line; it all looks the same out there.
6:00 The entrance to the deep furrow is littered with abandoned bikes.
5:50 There are holes in the line through the little climb at the back that nobody is riding out any more.
5:30 Half the field is running the wide section by now.
5:20 It is dusting up in the finishing straight; anyone at the back is riding in a cloud.
5:10 Hardly anybody is getting off today, and that makes it an hour with no rest in it.
4:50 Dust over the long straight — there is no grip left in the corners.
4:30 There is 4 seconds on the clock behind the leaders.
4:20 They are nearly all taking the same side through the wet meadow now; the other line is finished.
2:00 The long straight is tearing itself apart; next lap it will be brutal in there.
1:10 Get the finishing straight wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.
0:10 The sand in the finishing straight is loose and deep — that is where the hour will be decided.
0:00 Scheldeboord: dry course, 6 laps. Mostly mud and power.