Steenweg

52:56 Eline Vanwalleghem brings up the rear at 3 minutes. Everybody finished.

52:17 Sara Bogaerts crosses the line 33rd, at 2:50.

52:17 Maaike Steyaert crosses the line 32nd, at 2:50.

49:59 Marie Nuyts crosses the line 3rd, at 0:33.

49:33 Yara Wauters crosses the line 2nd, at 0:06.

49:27 Ilse Delrue wins by 6 seconds.

48:20 The steps is drying out on the side the sun is on.

47:50 All five are hunting a different line through the sequence of corners; none of them is finding the good one.

47:30 Janne Delrue has to let Julie Dhaene go in the sequence of corners.

47:10 Tereza Procházková goes past Merel Casteels in the off-camber.

46:50 Britt Delrue dives past Kaat Vandenberghe in the hollow.

46:30 The pits are working flat out.

46:20 Ilse Delrue has opened a gap and is alone up there.

46:10 Tereza Procházková had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Janne Delrue in the hollow.

46:00 Hardly anybody is getting off today, and that makes it an hour with no rest in it.

45:50 Britt Delrue is too quick for Yara Debruyne in the hollow and lies 14th now.

45:38 Zoë Bogaerts punctures in the steps, changes bike and loses 12 seconds.

45:10 The gap to the first chaser is 23 seconds.

44:50 The entrance to the deep furrow is littered with abandoned bikes.

44:30 Dry and fast, and that makes it a long hour.

43:00 The ground in the off-camber has been ridden rock hard.

42:30 Half the field is running the steep side by now.

41:50 Hardly a bike change all day — there is nothing to wash off.

41:10 Tyre pressure is half the race today, and nobody is saying so.

41:00 In the mud strip Febe Vanhoutte gains a place on Zoë Maes.

40:50 They are nearly all taking the same side through the little climb at the back now; the other line is finished.

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

40:30 Ride the hollow instead of running it and you take half a second out of the rest every lap.

40:00 The lines are fixed on a course this dry; they are all riding the same rut.

39:30 A front group of 2, and they are watching each other.

39:10 The course is hard underneath; this is a day for anyone who can keep the power on.

38:50 With 2 up front, and Ilse Delrue on the front of it.

38:40 There are 2 of them at the front.

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

38:20 Jolien Brouwers dives past Lise Peeters in the long straight.

38:10 On a dry course there is little to win in the corners; it has to come from the legs.

37:50 Amber Janssens takes Zoë Maes back in the little bridge.

37:30 Britt Delrue has to let Sara Verstraete go in the little climb at the back.

37:20 The hollow is drying out on the side the sun is on.

36:20 The gap to the first chaser is 6 seconds.

35:20 Febe Vanhoutte had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Sara Verstraete in the steep side.

34:10 There is 23 seconds on the clock behind the leaders.

32:50 All five are hunting a different line through the wet meadow; none of them is finding the good one.

32:20 Merel Casteels is too quick for Janne Delrue in the little bridge and lies 14th now.

32:10 Yara Debruyne takes the other line through the wet meadow and comes out ahead of Febe Vanhoutte.

32:00 Hardly anybody is getting off today, and that makes it an hour with no rest in it.

31:50 Merel Casteels is too quick for Kaat Vandenberghe in the deep furrow and lies 15th now.

31:00 It is dusting up in the steep side; anyone at the back is riding in a cloud.

30:30 Britt Delrue takes Sara Verstraete back in the little climb at the back.

29:50 Britt Delrue had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Febe Vanhoutte in the hollow.

29:40 In the hairpin Sara Verstraete gains a place on Janne Delrue.

29:30 A front group of 3, and they are watching each other.

28:30 The steep side is tearing itself apart; next lap it will be brutal in there.

28:20 Yara Wauters has to let Ilse Delrue go in the hollow.

28:15 Ilse Delrue goes past Yara Wauters and takes the lead.

27:50 A day for racing on the pedals; there is nothing to slide away.

27:20 Robin Steyaert goes past Eline Tanghe in the mud strip.

27:10 With 2 up front, and Yara Wauters on the front of it.

26:50 The course is hard underneath; this is a day for anyone who can keep the power on.

26:30 The pits are working flat out.

25:30 Amber Janssens dives past Merel Casteels in the sequence of corners.

25:10 The gap to the first chaser is 8 seconds.

24:50 The ground in the hurdles has been ridden rock hard.

24:10 Tereza Procházková is too quick for Merel Bruggeman in the hollow and lies 17th now.

23:20 The line through the steep side is shifting; they are riding a metre off where they were a moment ago.

23:00 There are 2 of them at the front.

21:40 Julie Dhaene had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Merel Casteels in the hollow.

21:20 All five are hunting a different line through the slippery descent; none of them is finding the good one.

20:50 The sand in the hollow is loose and deep — that is where the hour will be decided.

20:30 On a dry course there is little to win in the corners; it has to come from the legs.

20:00 The line through the hairpin has opened right up.

19:40 Yara Wauters has opened a gap and is alone up there.

19:00 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.

18:00 They are nearly all taking the same side through the hollow now; the other line is finished.

17:30 Hardly anybody is getting off today, and that makes it an hour with no rest in it.

16:40 There is 8 seconds on the clock behind the leaders.

16:30 Hardly a bike change all day — there is nothing to wash off.

16:10 Half the field is running the off-camber by now.

15:40 Get the hollow wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.

15:10 It is dusting up in the steep side; anyone at the back is riding in a cloud.

15:00 There are holes in the line through the off-camber that nobody is riding out any more.

14:30 Yara Wauters is out on their own at the front.

14:10 Lise Peeters dives past Kaat Vandenberghe in the steps.

13:20 Tyre pressure is half the race today, and nobody is saying so.

13:00 The gap to the first chaser is 5 seconds.

12:50 The lines are fixed on a course this dry; they are all riding the same rut.

12:30 Julie Michiels slides out in the steep side and loses 5 seconds.

12:30 The front group is riding on sight, not on line; it all looks the same out there.

12:10 A front group of 2, and they are watching each other.

12:10 Kaat Vandenberghe slides out in the sequence of corners and loses 5 seconds.

12:00 The entrance to the hurdles is littered with abandoned bikes.

11:40 All five are hunting a different line through the sequence of corners; none of them is finding the good one.

9:50 Ilse Delrue goes past Kaat Vandenberghe in the steep side.

9:40 The steps is getting looser with every lap.

9:40 Yara Wauters goes past Kaat Vandenberghe and takes the lead.

8:50 Eline Tanghe takes the other line through the start straight and comes out ahead of Sara Verstraete.

8:40 Britt Delrue takes Hanne Herteleer back in the sequence of corners.

7:50 The little climb at the back is drying out on the side the sun is on.

6:40 Dry and fast, and that makes it a long hour.

5:50 There is 5 seconds on the clock behind the leaders.

5:20 The pits are working flat out.

4:50 Hardly anybody is getting off today, and that makes it an hour with no rest in it.

4:40 The course is hard underneath; this is a day for anyone who can keep the power on.

4:20 The wet meadow is costing a few seconds more every lap.

4:10 It is dusting up in the little bridge; anyone at the back is riding in a cloud.

4:00 Ride the little climb at the back instead of running it and you take half a second out of the rest every lap.

3:40 There are 3 of them at the front.

1:50 With 7 up front, and Kaat Vandenberghe on the front of it.

1:40 Tyre pressure is half the race today, and nobody is saying so.

1:10 They are nearly all taking the same side through the hairpin now; the other line is finished.

1:00 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.

0:30 The little bridge is tearing itself apart; next lap it will be brutal in there.

0:10 On a dry course there is little to win in the corners; it has to come from the legs.

0:05 Kaat Vandenberghe goes past Ilse Delrue and takes the lead.

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