Routes / Cyclocross / Antwerp Scheldt Beach
ANTWERP SCHELDT BEACH
CYCLOCROSS19 DECSANDBELGIUMWORLD CUP · ANTWERP · 2026-27
THE BEACH ON THE SCHELDT
LAP2.95 KM
CLIMBING+18 M
OBSTACLES4
CORNERS40
TIGHTESTR 5 M
RIDERS0
THE LAP
grass 2,276 m sand 475 m asphalt 202 m an obstacle
THE COURSE
- HOST
- Antwerp, Belgium
- WORLD CUP
- On the World Cup in 5 seasons from 2022-23 to 2026-27.
- RACE DAY
- 19 DEC: usually sandy.
- SETTING
- A beach.
- SECTIONS
- The road behind the beach (from 0 m), The west side (from 63 m), The dike (from 244 m), The beach (from 391 m), Past the tents (from 815 m), The park (from 1015 m), The beach (from 1680 m), The river bend (from 1972 m), The park (from 2301 m), The road behind the beach (from 2815 m)
4 OBSTACLES
| Obstacle | At | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| DESCENT | 451 m | A steep drop |
| PLANKS | 941 m | Two boards across the course: hop them or jump off and run |
| FLYOVER | 1015 m | A bridge over the course, 3 m up |
| THE PIT | 1304 m | The double pit: a clean bike, once a lap |
40 bends round the stakes as well, everyone braking into them: the tightest, R 5 m, at 20 km/h at most.
HOW IT'S RACED
CROSS RACE
So many laps of a cyclocross course from a mass start, first over the line wins. Lapped riders are pulled.
- 1 to 10 laps, 3 unless you choose.
- A mass start on the start straight, from the grid: you and the robots in the game, or people in a group ride, robots filling the field.
- Lapped riders are pulled: lose a lap to the leaders and you're out, behind everyone still racing.
- On the stairs, the run-ups and the deepest sand everyone jumps off and runs, the bike on the shoulder: your power buys a running pace of up to 12 km/h, 8 on the stairs.
- The bends cap your speed as a crit's corners do: 18 km/h round a 4 m hairpin. On a trainer the speed is capped, never the power, and the trainer feels the grass, the mud and the sand.
- If your trainer or connection drops, you get one free lap: back in at the rear. Never in the last 3 laps.
LEADERBOARD
The best lap: one lap of the course from a standing start on the line (no race chosen in the game). A race's laps never go on the board.
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