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OSTEND BEACH

CYCLOCROSS31 JANSANDBELGIUM

CYCLOCROSS · OSTEND

THE RACECOURSE, THE BEACH AND THE SEA

LAP3.30 KM
CLIMBING+39 M
OBSTACLES8
CORNERS38
TIGHTESTR 6 M
ON FOOT64 M
RIDERS0

THE LAP

grass 2,320 m sand 721 m asphalt 256 m an obstacle

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MAP

THE COURSE

HOST
Ostend, Belgium
WORLD CUP
Not on the World Cup since 2022-23: one of the classics.
RACE DAY
31 JAN: usually sandy.
SETTING
A beach.
ON FOOT
64 m a lap, in 3 stretches.
SECTIONS
The racecourse (from 0 m), The esplanade by the grandstand (from 1650 m), The beach (from 1786 m), The tide line (from 1935 m), The beach (from 2119 m), Below the Royal Galleries (from 2290 m), The old swimming pool site (from 2541 m), Along Koningin Astridlaan (from 2733 m), The racecourse (from 3064 m), The finish straight (from 3238 m)

8 OBSTACLES

ObstacleAtWhat it is
THE PIT207 mThe double pit: a clean bike, once a lap
FLYOVER573 mA bridge over the course, 3 m up
FLYOVER794 mA bridge over the course, 3 m up
PLANKS1061 mTwo boards across the course: hop them or jump off and run
FLYOVER1197 mA bridge over the course, 3 m up
STAIRS1701 m8 steps, 1.6 m up, on foot, the bike on the shoulder
FLYOVER1786 mA bridge over the course, 5.5 m up
STAIRS3038 m24 steps, 5 m up, on foot, the bike on the shoulder

38 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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