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GAVERE CASTLE SLOPES

CYCLOCROSS26 DECMUDBELGIUM

WORLD CUP · GAVERE · 2026-27

UP AND DOWN ABOVE THE SCHELDT

LAP2.67 KM
CLIMBING+63 M
OBSTACLES6
CORNERS28
TIGHTESTR 6 M
ON FOOT80 M
RIDERS0

THE LAP

grass 1,609 m woods 1,060 m an obstacle

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MAP

THE COURSE

HOST
Gavere, Belgium
WORLD CUP
On the World Cup in 5 seasons from 2022-23 to 2026-27.
RACE DAY
26 DEC: usually muddy.
SETTING
A steep hillside.
ON FOOT
80 m a lap, in 1 stretch.
SECTIONS
The castle avenue (from 0 m), The pit meadow (from 359 m), The low meadow (from 831 m), The climb to the castle (from 1202 m), Below the castle (from 1451 m), The pit meadow (from 1719 m), Below the castle (from 2073 m), The castle avenue (from 2390 m)

6 OBSTACLES

ObstacleAtWhat it is
THE PIT530 mThe double pit: a clean bike, once a lap
DESCENT861 mA steep drop
OFF-CAMBER953 mAcross the slope: stay upright
DESCENT1583 mA steep drop
FLYOVER2431 mA bridge over the course, 2.5 m up
FLYOVER2520 mA bridge over the course, 2.5 m up

28 bends round the stakes as well, everyone braking into them: the tightest, R 6 m, at 22 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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