By Chimay Open Trophy 2026, Belgian Twin Trophy race results collection, projecting triumphs for new Super Twins/BTT lap-record holder Sasha De Vits (1.45.503 – recorded during second race).
Previous class record holder was 2019 Newcomers (A) Manx Grand Prix winner Pierre-Yves Bian (1.46.613 from 2021).
Seppe Noel (IRRC Sportbike – 1.48.415), Diego Claeys (Youngtimer SSP2000 – 1.46.234) and potential Manx Grand Prix newcomer next month, Gabriel ‘PonPon’ Pons (Youngtimer SBK – 1.40.198), joined the above mentioned De Vits, in attaining new record category lap-times around Circuit de Chimay.
BTT Chimay Open Trophy race results, read as follows:
Belgian Twin Trophy – Race 1:
1st – Sasha De Vits (Netherlands) – best lap time of race – 1.49.830
2nd – Seppe Noel (Belgium)
3rd – Sander Claessen (Belgium)
4th – Romain Fortemps (France)
5th – Jerome Varlet (Belgium)
6th – Thomas Wendel (Germany)
7th – Kenny Meersman (Belgium)
8th – Marc Declerck (Belgium)
9th – Pieter Ghysels (Belgium)
10th – Gauthier De Hert (Belgium)
11th – Wim Van Den Bossche (Belgium)
12th – Jo Burm (Belgium)
13th – Christophe Carlier (Belgium)
14th – Raf Roobrouck (Belgium)
15th – Mike Ceuppens (Belgium)
16th – Niko Maes (Belgium)
17th – Johan Guerin (Belgium)
18th – Russell Taylor (England)
19th – Gerald Dath (France)
20th – Ezio Badts (Belgium)
Did not finish – Christian Hirsch (Austria)
Did not finish – Quentin Bourgeois (France)
Did not finish – Mathieu Locuty (France)
Did not finish – Patrik Serbousek (Czech Republic)
Belgian Twin Trophy – Race 2:
1st – Sasha De Vits (Netherlands) – New BTT/Super Twins lap record – 1.45.503
2nd – Sander Claessen (Belgium)
3rd – Seppe Noel (Belgium)
4th – Kenny Meersman (Belgium)
5th – Pieter Ghysels (Belgium)
6th – Romain Fortemps (France)
7th – Thomas Wendel (Germany)
8th – Raf Roobrouck (Belgium)
9th – Gauthier De Hert (Belgium)
10th – Wim Van Den Bossche (Belgium)
11th – Marc Declerck (Belgium)
12th – Jo Burm (Belgium)
13th – Christophe Carlier (Belgium)
14th – Matthias Pharazijn (Belgium)
15th – Niko Maes (Belgium)
16th – Mathieu Locuty (France)
17th – Russell Taylor (England)
18th – Johan Guerin (Belgium)
19th – Jacques Borremans (Belgium)
20th – Ezio Badts (Belgium)
Did not finish – Jeffrey Vromant (Belgium)
Did not finish – Patrik Serbousek (Czech Republic)
The 2026 Belgian Twin Trophy season finale will be next month at Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet (8th-9th August), clashing with the GP La Baneza in Spain and ‘Czech TT’ at Horice (ESR final round, penultimate IRRC round).
Photo credit: Jan Vavra
Words by Jan Vavra
