Steenweg
Oudenaarde · Sunday 13 September 2026 · · week 2 of Summer 2026 · Second division A junior women
wet course · 4 laps · climbing and mud — settled — this is what it will be, 19°, 9 mm in drie dagen · 770 spectators lined the course
The podium
| 1 goud | Nina Vandaele — | 33:00 — | 30 pts € 900 |
| 2 zilver | Eliška Dvořáková — | 33:13 +13.3s | 25 pts € 600 |
| 3 brons | Ainhoa Bosch — | 33:26 +26.0s | 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 | Janne Steyaert | — | 33:40 | +40.2s | € 320 | 18 |
| 5 | Justine Chevalier | — | 33:41 | +41.2s | € 320 | 17 |
| 6 | Emma Coppens | — | 33:43 | +43.1s | € 320 | 16 |
| 7 | Noor Tanghe | — | 33:45 | +45.0s | € 220 | 15 |
| 8 | Veerle Demeyer | — | 33:50 | +50.2s | € 220 | 14 |
| 9 | Puck Vermeulen | — | 33:51 | +51.2s | € 220 | 13 |
| 10 | Anežka Benešová | — | 33:53 | +52.7s | € 220 | 12 |
| 11 | Wies Baeten | — | 33:54 | +53.6s | € 150 | 11 |
| 12 | Janne Dierckx | — | 33:54 | +53.9s | € 150 | 10 |
| 13 | Roos Verstraete | — | 33:57 | +57.3s | € 150 | 9 |
| 14 | Núria Vidal | — | 33:59 | +59.4s | € 150 | 8 |
| 15 | Camille Barbier | — | 34:00 | +60.0s | € 150 | 7 |
| 16 | Aline Willems | — | 34:00 | +1:00 | € 150 | 6 |
| 17 | Nina Bruggeman | — | 34:03 | +1:03 | € 150 | 5 |
| 18 | Maaike Vermeulen | — | 34:05 | +1:05 | € 150 | 4 |
| 19 | Wies Vanhoutte | — | 34:06 | +1:06 | € 150 | 3 |
| 20 | Wies Peeters | — | 34:17 | +1:17 | € 150 | 2 |
| 21 | Lotte De Clercq | — | 34:19 | +1:19 | € 90 | |
| 22 | Julie Coppens | — | 34:20 | +1:20 | € 90 | |
| 23 | Anke Vandenberghe | — | 34:23 | +1:23 | € 90 | |
| 24 | Lotte Verbeke | — | 34:24 | +1:24 | € 90 | |
| 25 | Marthe Bruggeman | — | 34:24 | +1:24 | € 90 | |
| 26 | Aline Cools | — | 34:24 | +1:24 | € 90 | |
| 27 | Yara Vandaele | — | 34:26 | +1:26 | € 90 | |
| 28 | Manon Lefevre | — | 34:27 | +1:27 | € 90 | |
| 29 | Lise Smets | — | 34:31 | +1:31 | € 90 | |
| 30 | Tine Bogaerts | — | 34:45 | +1:45 | € 90 | |
| 31 | Lise Coppens | — | 34:48 | +1:48 | ||
| 32 | Lore Vermote | — | 34:55 | +1:55 | ||
| 33 | Lotte Janssens | — | 34:57 | +1:57 | ||
| 34 | Roos Brouwers | — | 35:06 | +2:06 | ||
| 35 | Robin Vercammen | — | 35:07 | +2:07 |
Race report
35:07 Robin Vercammen brings up the rear at 2 minutes. Everybody finished.
35:06 Roos Brouwers crosses the line 34th, at 2:06.
34:57 Lotte Janssens crosses the line 33rd, at 1:57.
33:26 Ainhoa Bosch crosses the line 3rd, at 0:26.
33:13 Eliška Dvořáková crosses the line 2nd, at 0:13.
33:00 Nina Vandaele wins by 13 seconds.
32:40 There are holes in the line through the start straight that nobody is riding out any more.
32:30 Every lap is slower than the last, and today that is no disgrace.
32:10 Nina Vandaele is out on their own at the front.
30:40 Camille Barbier has to let Anežka Benešová go in the steep side.
29:50 The line through the steep side is shifting; they are riding a metre off where they were a moment ago.
28:10 Anežka Benešová goes past Núria Vidal in the mud strip.
28:00 Nina Vandaele goes past Eliška Dvořáková and takes the lead.
27:40 Ainhoa Bosch moves up to 3rd at Justine Chevalier's expense.
27:30 In the finishing straight Núria Vidal gains a place on Nina Bruggeman.
27:20 Come off the line in the steep side and you are ankle deep in it.
27:10 The brakes are dragging with mud; everyone is stopping too early in the hurdles.
27:00 The pits are working flat out.
25:40 The derailleurs are packed with mud; shifting has become a gamble.
25:20 Núria Vidal had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Maaike Vermeulen in the steps.
24:40 The leader's jersey stopped being recognisable a long time ago.
23:10 The deep furrow is getting deeper with every lap.
22:30 Get the hollow wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.
22:00 Ride the little climb at the back instead of running it and you take half a second out of the rest every lap.
21:10 Camille Barbier takes the other line through the steps and comes out ahead of Wies Baeten.
21:00 Ainhoa Bosch takes Wies Baeten back in the hollow.
20:56 Lise Smets goes down in the slippery descent and loses 17 seconds.
20:51 Aline Cools slides out in the wet meadow and loses 10 seconds.
20:50 There is 9 seconds on the clock behind the leaders.
20:10 The steps is costing a few seconds more every lap.
20:00 The long straight is tearing itself apart; next lap it will be brutal in there.
19:40 It is getting harder through the deep furrow with every lap that goes by.
19:30 They are nearly all taking the same side through the little climb at the back now; the other line is finished.
18:40 The line through the little climb at the back has opened right up.
17:30 The little bridge is drying out on the side the sun is on.
17:20 Bikes are changing every lap — the finishing straight eats equipment.
16:50 Ainhoa Bosch is too quick for Roos Verstraete in the little bridge and lies 15th now.
16:30 In the steps Núria Vidal gains a place on Aline Cools.
16:20 The entrance to the long straight is littered with abandoned bikes.
16:10 Wies Vanhoutte takes the other line through the slippery descent and comes out ahead of Emma Coppens.
15:50 The pits are working flat out.
15:20 Anežka Benešová has to let Aline Willems go in the steep side.
15:00 Wies Vanhoutte takes the other line through the hairpin and comes out ahead of Anežka Benešová.
14:40 The brakes are dragging with mud; everyone is stopping too early in the start straight.
14:30 Camille Barbier dives past Anežka Benešová in the off-camber.
14:20 Veerle Demeyer has to let Maaike Vermeulen go in the hairpin.
14:00 Aline Willems goes past Veerle Demeyer in the steep side.
12:50 Emma Coppens had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Anežka Benešová in the steep side.
12:40 Ride the deep furrow instead of running it and you take half a second out of the rest every lap.
12:39 Lise Coppens slides out in the steps and loses 2 seconds.
12:30 There is not a dry thread left on anybody.
12:05 Eliška Dvořáková goes past Nina Vandaele and takes the lead.
11:50 There are holes in the line through the steps that nobody is riding out any more.
11:40 Janne Steyaert takes Emma Coppens back in the steep side.
11:30 Puck Vermeulen had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Veerle Demeyer in the hairpin.
11:20 Janne Steyaert goes past Aline Cools in the little climb at the back.
10:30 Julie Coppens takes the other line through the little climb at the back and comes out ahead of Manon Lefevre.
10:00 In the deep furrow Camille Barbier gains a place on Ainhoa Bosch.
9:50 The leader's jersey stopped being recognisable a long time ago.
9:20 The mechanics are standing ready with the pressure washer; a clean bike every lap.
8:50 Puck Vermeulen is too quick for Emma Coppens in the little bridge and lies 8th now.
7:10 Bikes are changing every lap — the off-camber eats equipment.
7:00 Come off the line in the little bridge and you are ankle deep in it.
6:50 All five are hunting a different line through the pit; none of them is finding the good one.
6:30 Half the field is running the hairpin by now.
5:10 On a day like this it is not the strongest who wins, it is whoever runs least.
5:00 The entrance to the long straight is littered with abandoned bikes.
4:40 The derailleurs are packed with mud; shifting has become a gamble.
4:00 The brakes are dragging with mud; everyone is stopping too early in the hollow.
3:50 The field is one mud bath; everybody is riding on feel.
3:30 Get the hurdles wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.
1:50 The line through the steep side has opened right up.
1:40 The line through the steps has closed up completely; it is going to be a run.
1:00 They are riding on a third of their tyres; the rest is packed with earth.
0:50 Every lap is slower than the last, and today that is no disgrace.
0:00 Steenweg: wet course, 4 laps. Mostly climbing and mud.