Steenweg

52:16 Femke Brouwers brings up the rear at 3 minutes. One rider did not make it to the line.

52:10 Maaike Rombouts crosses the line 32nd, at 2:36.

52:02 Jolien Nuyts crosses the line 31st, at 2:28.

49:54 Justine Lefevre crosses the line 3rd, at 0:20.

49:52 Manon Chevalier crosses the line 2nd, at 0:18.

49:34 Fien Decock wins by 18 seconds.

49:30 Camille Renaud dives past Eline Demeyer in the hairpin.

49:30 Fien Decock goes past Nina Vercammen and takes the lead.

49:20 They are nearly all taking the same side through the pit now; the other line is finished.

49:10 In the sequence of corners Noor Smets gains a place on Marthe Callens.

48:10 Wies Coene has to let Eliška Kučerová go in the little bridge.

47:40 The line through the slippery descent is shifting; they are riding a metre off where they were a moment ago.

47:10 A front group of 2, and they are watching each other.

46:10 Veerle Delrue takes Eliška Černá back in the little climb at the back.

45:11 Nina Vercammen punctures in the hollow and pulls out. Nobody in the pit.

44:20 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.

44:10 The entrance to the steep side is littered with abandoned bikes.

43:50 The little climb at the back is drying out on the side the sun is on.

43:10 The lines are fixed on a course this dry; they are all riding the same rut.

43:10 Nina Vercammen goes past Fien Decock and takes the lead.

40:30 Dry and fast, and that makes it a long hour.

40:20 The ground in the little bridge has been ridden rock hard.

40:00 There are 2 of them at the front.

38:40 A day for racing on the pedals; there is nothing to slide away.

38:30 It is getting harder through the steps with every lap that goes by.

38:10 There are holes in the line through the start straight that nobody is riding out any more.

38:00 Núria Ortega goes past Wies Coene in the steps.

37:10 Get the little bridge wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.

36:50 Ride the hollow instead of running it and you take half a second out of the rest every lap.

36:40 Hardly a bike change all day — there is nothing to wash off.

36:30 There is 5 seconds on the clock behind the leaders.

35:30 The gap to the first chaser is 7 seconds.

34:50 The course is hard underneath; this is a day for anyone who can keep the power on.

34:40 The sand in the hollow is loose and deep — that is where the hour will be decided.

33:40 Fien Decock goes past Manon Chevalier and takes the lead.

33:20 The line through the steps has opened right up.

33:00 A front group of 3, and they are watching each other.

32:30 It is dusting up in the off-camber; anyone at the back is riding in a cloud.

32:10 All five are hunting a different line through the finishing straight; none of them is finding the good one.

32:00 Dry and fast, and that makes it a long hour.

31:00 Hardly anybody is getting off today, and that makes it an hour with no rest in it.

30:50 Half the field is running the hurdles by now.

30:25 Manon Chevalier goes past Camille Moreau and takes the lead.

30:20 Noor Smets had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Janne Vanwalleghem in the little bridge.

30:10 With 4 up front, and Camille Moreau on the front of it.

30:00 The sequence of corners is tearing itself apart; next lap it will be brutal in there.

29:25 Camille Moreau goes past Nina Vercammen and takes the lead.

27:40 Tyre pressure is half the race today, and nobody is saying so.

27:10 The entrance to the sequence of corners is littered with abandoned bikes.

27:00 Yara Vandevelde takes the other line through the hollow and comes out ahead of Fien Naessens.

26:00 Eline Demeyer is too quick for Janne Vanwalleghem in the little climb at the back and lies 19th now.

25:40 Nina Vercammen has opened a gap and is alone up there.

24:50 The line through the little bridge is shifting; they are riding a metre off where they were a moment ago.

24:40 Ride the mud strip instead of running it and you take half a second out of the rest every lap.

24:10 Camille Moreau moves up to 2nd at Justine Lefevre's expense.

23:50 In the sequence of corners Marthe Callens gains a place on Roos De Clercq.

23:40 Get the slippery descent wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.

23:00 Veerle Brouwers takes Yara Verbeke back in the little bridge.

22:40 Marthe Callens goes past Yara Verbeke in the little climb at the back.

22:30 The little bridge is drying out on the side the sun is on.

21:40 Justine Lefevre is too quick for Manon Chevalier in the little climb at the back and lies 2nd now.

20:52 Eliška Kučerová slides out in the sequence of corners and loses 7 seconds.

20:50 On a dry course there is little to win in the corners; it has to come from the legs.

19:20 Roos De Clercq takes Yara Verbeke back in the steep side.

19:00 They are nearly all taking the same side through the little bridge now; the other line is finished.

18:50 Manon Chevalier has to let Nina Vercammen go in the steps.

18:50 Nina Vercammen goes past Manon Chevalier and takes the lead.

18:10 Femke Brouwers had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Jolien Nuyts in the sequence of corners.

17:30 The lines are fixed on a course this dry; they are all riding the same rut.

17:10 The sand in the sequence of corners is loose and deep — that is where the hour will be decided.

16:50 Up front Justine Lefevre goes past Fien Decock — 2nd now.

16:30 Emma Ceulemans dives past Veerle Delrue in the hollow.

16:00 The line through the hollow has opened right up.

15:30 A front group of 3, and they are watching each other.

15:20 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.

14:50 Dust over the steep side — there is no grip left in the corners.

13:40 Manon Chevalier goes past Fien Decock and takes the lead.

13:30 The little climb at the back is tearing itself apart; next lap it will be brutal in there.

13:20 Eliška Kučerová takes the other line through the hollow and comes out ahead of Wies Coene.

12:40 Dry and fast, and that makes it a long hour.

11:50 In the little bridge Emma Ceulemans gains a place on Jolien Truyens.

11:40 Amber Depoorter takes the other line through the wet meadow and comes out ahead of Roos De Clercq.

11:10 Hardly a bike change all day — there is nothing to wash off.

10:40 Amber Depoorter dives past Maaike Vandenberghe in the off-camber.

10:30 With 3 up front, and Fien Decock on the front of it.

10:00 Veerle Brouwers goes past Wies Coene in the hairpin.

9:50 Camille Moreau had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Veerle Delrue in the steep side.

9:40 There are holes in the line through the steep side that nobody is riding out any more.

9:20 Febe Deschepper takes Eline Demeyer back in the sequence of corners.

9:10 Anke Struyf has to let Noor Smets go in the start straight.

8:50 Eliška Černá is too quick for Maaike Vandenberghe in the deep furrow and lies 7th now.

8:00 They are nearly all taking the same side through the little bridge now; the other line is finished.

7:40 Fien Decock has opened a gap and is alone up there.

7:20 A day for racing on the pedals; there is nothing to slide away.

6:50 The wet meadow is drying out on the side the sun is on.

6:30 The pits are working flat out.

6:10 Tyre pressure is half the race today, and nobody is saying so.

6:00 The hairpin is costing a few seconds more every lap.

5:50 There are 2 of them at the front.

4:00 The lines are fixed on a course this dry; they are all riding the same rut.

3:40 The ground in the steep side has been ridden rock hard.

3:30 The front group is riding on sight, not on line; it all looks the same out there.

3:10 Get the mud strip wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.

2:40 It is dusting up in the steps; anyone at the back is riding in a cloud.

1:50 There is 4 seconds on the clock behind the leaders.

1:00 The gap to the first chaser is 4 seconds.

0:50 Half the field is running the off-camber by now.

0:40 The slippery descent is tearing itself apart; next lap it will be brutal in there.

0:00 Steenweg: dry course, 6 laps. Mostly climbing and technique.