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October 2025 Vlaamse Druivencross
(World Cup)
Overijse, Belgium

67th edition: Sunday, October 26, 2025

Vlaamse Druivenveldrit Overijse Cross podium history | Jan 2025 edition | Course map

This race is also known as the Vlaamse Druivenveldrit Overijse Cross.

Weather at the race city of Overijse, Belgium at 1:25 PM, local time: 9C (49F), mostly cloudy & windy, with the wind from the west at 26 km/hr (16 mph). It should not rain until close to 8:00 PM.

Results: Men | Women

Men:

Michael Vanthourenhout wins the Druivencross in Overijse

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The race: Here's a machine-translation of the report from winner Michael Vanthourenhout's Team Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw.

Michael Vanthourenhout has won the Druivencross in Overijse. The Pauwels Sauzen - Altez Industriebouw rider wins his second consecutive race and immediately consolidates his leading position in the Telenet Superprestige classification.

Michael started the race in Overijse as the leader of the Telenet Superprestige. After winning in Ruddervoorde, he wanted to repeat that feat. However, things didn't seem to go his way at the start, and he quickly found himself chasing.

Midway through the race, Michael finally reached the front. Pim Ronhaar, in turn, tried to accelerate, but he couldn't get Michael off his wheel. On the final lap, Vanthourenhout finally overtook Ronhaar and secured the victory.

In the women's race, Leonie Bentveld did not start after finishing third the previous day in the Exact Cross in Heerde, the Netherlands. Shanyl De Schoesitter did start, ultimately finishing eighteenth.

Complete results:

Where no team is given the rider's nationality is listed.

Women:

Winner Sara Casasola solos across the finish line.

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The race: Here's a machine-translation of the race organizer's report.

Italy's Casasola won the second round of the Telenet Superprestige 2025-2026. She soloed to victory after Brand crashed on the penultimate lap. Van Alphen finished third.

Brand (Baloise Glowi Lions), Vas (Team SD Worx – Protime), and Fouquenet (Arkea - B&B Hotels Women) immediately accelerated at the start of the race.

Among the victims of this acceleration was Belgian champion Norbert Riberolle, the winner of Ruddervoorde. Her race didn't start as hoped. After just half a lap, she had to stop at the pits with mechanical problems and change bikes. By the end of lap one, she was already 37 seconds behind, and chasing was the order of the day.

At the start of lap two, Italy's Casasola (Crelan-Corendon) had found her way to the front. She set off with Brand, and Van Alpen (Seven Racing) was also able to join her. At the end of the second lap, the three had an 11-second lead, with Brand pushing the pace even further.

Complete results:

Where no team is given the rider's nationality is listed.

Course map:

October 2025 Vlaamse Druivencross map