Routes / Cyclocross / Zonhoven Sand Pit
ZONHOVEN SAND PIT
CYCLOCROSS3 JANSANDBELGIUMWORLD CUP · ZONHOVEN · 2026-27
THREE TIMES INTO DE KUIL
LAP2.96 KM
CLIMBING+71 M
OBSTACLES6
CORNERS31
TIGHTESTR 6 M
ON FOOT40 M
RIDERS0
THE LAP
grass 1,757 m sand 649 m woods 392 m asphalt 157 m an obstacle
THE COURSE
- HOST
- Zonhoven, Belgium
- WORLD CUP
- On the World Cup in 5 seasons from 2022-23 to 2026-27.
- RACE DAY
- 3 JAN: usually sandy.
- SETTING
- A sand pit.
- ON FOOT
- 40 m a lap, in 3 stretches.
- SECTIONS
- The trench (from 215 m), De Kuil (from 364 m), De Kuil (from 1206 m), The heath (from 1761 m)
6 OBSTACLES
| Obstacle | At | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| FLYOVER | 134 m | A bridge over the course, 3 m up |
| DESCENT | 225 m | A steep drop |
| THE PIT | 904 m | The double pit: a clean bike, once a lap |
| DESCENT | 1241 m | A steep drop |
| OFF-CAMBER | 1364 m | Across the slope: stay upright |
| DESCENT | 1393 m | A steep drop |
31 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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