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# NAMUR CITADEL

CYCLOCROSS 27 DEC MUD BELGIUM

WORLD CUP · NAMUR · 2026-27

UP AND DOWN THE CITADEL'S SLOPES

LAP 2.56 KM

CLIMBING +92 M

OBSTACLES 6

CORNERS 30

TIGHTEST R 6 M

ON FOOT 123 M

RIDERS 0

## THE LAP

The lap's surfaces from the line round, 2.56 km: grass 1,412 m, gravel 714 m, woods 433 m; a tick at each obstacle

grass 1,412 m gravel 714 m woods 433 m an obstacle

Elevation profile: 92 m of climbing over a 2.56 km lap, the surfaces under it

Map of Namur Citadel, north up

## THE COURSE

**HOST**

Namur, Belgium

**WORLD CUP**

On the World Cup in 4 seasons from 2023-24 to 2026-27.

**RACE DAY**

27 DEC: usually muddy.

**SETTING**

A citadel's slopes.

**ON FOOT**

123 m a lap, in 2 stretches.

**SECTIONS**

The citadel woods (from 1410 m), The citadel slope (from 1701 m), The Stade des Jeux (from 2520 m)

## 6 OBSTACLES

Namur Citadel: its obstacles from the line

| Obstacle | At | What it is |
| --- | --- | --- |
| DESCENT | 671 m | A steep drop |
| THE PIT | 1262 m | The double pit: a clean bike, once a lap |
| FLYOVER | 1410 m | A bridge over the course, 3 m up |
| DESCENT | 1463 m | A steep drop |
| OFF-CAMBER | 1989 m | Across the slope: stay upright |
| OFF-CAMBER | 2307 m | Across the slope: stay upright |

30 bends round the stakes as well, everyone braking into them: the tightest, R 6 m, at 21 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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