Steenweg
Oudenaarde · Sunday 13 September 2026 · · week 2 of Summer 2026 · Second division A junior men
dry course · 4 laps · climbing and technique — settled — this is what it will be, 20°, 5 mm in drie dagen · 970 spectators lined the course
The podium
| 1 goud | Jarne Vanhoutte — | 32:35 — | 30 pts € 900 |
| 2 zilver | Arne Maertens — | 33:32 +56.6s | 25 pts € 600 |
| 3 brons | Clément Renaud — | 33:41 +1:06 | 21 pts € 450 |
The course
- the steps
- the sequence of corners
- the mud strip
- the long straight
- the hollow
- the little bridge
- the steep side
The rest of the result
| Rider | Team | Time | Gap | Prize | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Ondřej Veselý | — | 33:42 | +1:07 | € 320 | 18 |
| 5 | Sander Geens | — | 33:44 | +1:09 | € 320 | 17 |
| 6 | Tuur De Clercq | — | 33:45 | +1:10 | € 320 | 16 |
| 7 | Warre Coppens | — | 33:46 | +1:11 | € 220 | 15 |
| 8 | Tuur Janssens | — | 33:49 | +1:14 | € 220 | 14 |
| 9 | Rémi Rousseau | — | 33:52 | +1:17 | € 220 | 13 |
| 10 | Thibau Vanhee | — | 33:53 | +1:18 | € 220 | 12 |
| 11 | Álvaro Vidal | — | 33:54 | +1:19 | € 150 | 11 |
| 12 | Aaron Coene | — | 33:54 | +1:19 | € 150 | 10 |
| 13 | Gilles Lambrecht | — | 33:58 | +1:23 | € 150 | 9 |
| 14 | Karel Steyaert | — | 34:01 | +1:26 | € 150 | 8 |
| 15 | Aaron Brouwers | — | 34:01 | +1:26 | € 150 | 7 |
| 16 | Rien Naessens | — | 34:02 | +1:27 | € 150 | 6 |
| 17 | Michiel Bruggeman | — | 34:03 | +1:28 | € 150 | 5 |
| 18 | Aaron Beyens | — | 34:04 | +1:29 | € 150 | 4 |
| 19 | Petr Dvořák | — | 34:08 | +1:33 | € 150 | 3 |
| 20 | Elias Nuyts | — | 34:18 | +1:43 | € 150 | 2 |
| 21 | Lennert Decock | — | 34:18 | +1:43 | € 90 | |
| 22 | Tomáš Černý | — | 34:20 | +1:45 | € 90 | |
| 23 | Antoine Girard | — | 34:23 | +1:48 | € 90 | |
| 24 | Thibau Geens | — | 34:23 | +1:48 | € 90 | |
| 25 | Radek Novák | — | 34:24 | +1:49 | € 90 | |
| 26 | Maarten Deschepper | — | 34:25 | +1:50 | € 90 | |
| 27 | Tibo Janssens | — | 34:25 | +1:50 | € 90 | |
| 28 | Kobe De Clercq | — | 34:26 | +1:51 | € 90 | |
| 29 | Jelle Peeters | — | 34:31 | +1:56 | € 90 | |
| 30 | Vojtěch Veselý | — | 34:33 | +1:58 | € 90 | |
| 31 | Thibau Ceulemans | — | 34:43 | +2:08 | ||
| 32 | Arne Vermeulen | — | 34:56 | +2:21 | ||
| 33 | Xander Peeters | — | 35:09 | +2:34 | ||
| DNF | Brecht Geens abandoned — bad luck | — | — | — |
Race report
35:09 Xander Peeters brings up the rear at 3 minutes. One rider did not make it to the line.
34:56 Arne Vermeulen crosses the line 32nd, at 2:21.
34:43 Thibau Ceulemans crosses the line 31st, at 2:08.
33:41 Clément Renaud crosses the line 3rd, at 1:06.
33:32 Arne Maertens crosses the line 2nd, at 0:57.
32:35 Jarne Vanhoutte wins by 57 seconds.
30:40 In the hollow Karel Steyaert gains a place on Rien Naessens.
29:50 Sander Geens goes past Tuur De Clercq in the steep side.
29:40 In the wet meadow Warre Coppens gains a place on Aaron Coene.
29:20 Michiel Bruggeman has to let Álvaro Vidal go in the hollow.
28:50 It is dusting up in the steps; anyone at the back is riding in a cloud.
27:40 The lines are fixed on a course this dry; they are all riding the same rut.
27:20 Thibau Vanhee dives past Aaron Coene in the little climb at the back.
27:10 Tuur De Clercq dives past Aaron Coene in the little bridge.
25:20 Karel Steyaert has to let Sander Geens go in the steps.
24:50 Tuur Janssens had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Michiel Bruggeman in the wet meadow.
24:40 Get the off-camber wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.
24:20 There is 13 seconds on the clock behind the leaders.
23:30 The little climb at the back is tearing itself apart; next lap it will be brutal in there.
22:30 Rémi Rousseau takes Álvaro Vidal back in the slippery descent.
22:10 Hardly a bike change all day — there is nothing to wash off.
21:40 The line through the steep side has opened right up.
21:20 Lennert Decock takes the other line through the little climb at the back and comes out ahead of Thibau Geens.
21:00 A day for racing on the pedals; there is nothing to slide away.
19:30 Hardly anybody is getting off today, and that makes it an hour with no rest in it.
19:20 Tuur Janssens is too quick for Álvaro Vidal in the steep side and lies 13th now.
18:40 Clément Renaud takes Thibau Vanhee back in the little climb at the back.
18:00 Aaron Coene moves up to 3rd at Michiel Bruggeman's expense.
17:30 Jarne Vanhoutte goes past Arne Maertens and takes the lead.
17:00 They are nearly all taking the same side through the little bridge now; the other line is finished.
16:30 Tuur De Clercq takes Sander Geens back in the off-camber.
15:20 Karel Steyaert takes the other line through the little climb at the back and comes out ahead of Tuur Janssens.
15:10 Gilles Lambrecht goes past Sander Geens in the long straight.
14:30 Tyre pressure is half the race today, and nobody is saying so.
14:00 It is getting harder through the deep furrow with every lap that goes by.
13:30 In the little climb at the back Sander Geens gains a place on Tuur Janssens.
13:00 Michiel Bruggeman dives past Rémi Rousseau in the sequence of corners.
12:50 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.
12:40 Arne Vermeulen slides out in the slippery descent and loses 1 second.
12:17 Brecht Geens punctures in the steps and pulls out. Nobody in the pit.
12:10 Half the field is running the sequence of corners by now.
12:00 In the slippery descent Brecht Geens gains a place on Karel Steyaert.
11:40 Tuur Janssens has to let Rien Naessens go in the wet meadow.
11:20 The ground in the wide section has been ridden rock hard.
10:50 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.
10:40 Rien Naessens takes Rémi Rousseau back in the steps.
10:30 Gilles Lambrecht had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Ondřej Veselý in the wet meadow.
10:20 There are holes in the line through the off-camber that nobody is riding out any more.
10:00 A day for racing on the pedals; there is nothing to slide away.
9:30 Tomáš Černý is too quick for Arne Vermeulen in the little bridge and lies 28th now.
9:20 Ride the steep side instead of running it and you take half a second out of the rest every lap.
9:00 Hardly anybody is getting off today, and that makes it an hour with no rest in it.
8:00 The hollow is drying out on the side the sun is on.
7:50 The pits are working flat out.
7:30 Get the off-camber wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.
7:20 The gap to the first chaser is 5 seconds.
7:10 The line through the wet meadow has opened right up.
7:00 Hardly a bike change all day — there is nothing to wash off.
6:30 The front group is riding on sight, not on line; it all looks the same out there.
5:50 A front group of 7, and they are watching each other.
5:20 On a dry course there is little to win in the corners; it has to come from the legs.
5:10 There are 7 of them at the front.
4:50 Dry and fast, and that makes it a long hour.
4:40 The lines are fixed on a course this dry; they are all riding the same rut.
3:40 Half the field is running the little climb at the back by now.
3:20 The off-camber is costing a few seconds more every lap.
3:10 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.
3:00 All five are hunting a different line through the sequence of corners; none of them is finding the good one.
1:40 Tyre pressure is half the race today, and nobody is saying so.
1:00 It is dusting up in the steep side; anyone at the back is riding in a cloud.
0:40 It is getting harder through the wet meadow with every lap that goes by.
0:10 Aaron Brouwers takes Rémi Rousseau back in the steep side.
0:05 Arne Maertens goes past Jarne Vanhoutte and takes the lead.
0:00 Steenweg: dry course, 4 laps. Mostly climbing and technique.