By Tuesday morning roads scene stats burst, detailing the forty swiftest Chimay Open Trophy participants.
The 1st-40th fastest Circuit De Chimay pilots list (huge thanks to Jan Vavra for compiling this), topped by Yan Ancia, is-spotlighted below:
1st – Yan Ancia – 1.37.050 (personal best, seventh fastest rider in history)
2nd – Ouri Bikkems – 1.37.090 (personal best, eighth fastest rider in history)
3rd – Peter Hickman – 1.37.279 (personal best as quickest 2026 newcomer, second fastest newcomer in history, now tenth fastest rider in history)
4th – Lukas Maurer – 1.37.815
5th – Sander Claessen – 1.38.743 (personal best)
6th – Fedrik Matthys – 1.38.857 (personal best)
7th – Laurent Hoffmann – 1.39.010 (personal best)
8th – Kevin De Haan – 1.39.690 (PB in premiere with SBK at Chimay, plus personal best with SSP – 1.41.342, now fourth fastest Supersport racer in history)
9th – Gabriel Pons – 1.40.198 (new Youngtimer SBK lap record)
10th – Mike Parmentier – 1.40.458
11th – Eddy Ferre – 1.40.882
12th – Wesley Ankersmid – 1.41.174 (personal best in premiere with SBK at Chimay, plus personal best with SSP – 1.44.776)
13th – Marek Cerveny – 1.41.323 (personal best, now third fastest Supersport racer in history)
14th – Anssi Koski – 1.41.542
15th – Petr Najman – 1.41.820
16th – Ilja Caljouw – 1.42.152
17th – Mauro Poncini – 1.42.307
18th – Matej Vit – 1.42.360
19th – Christophe Guerouah – 1.42.462
20th – David Brook – 1.42.702
21st – Jean-Pierre Polet – 1.43.231
22nd – Rasmus Lindstrom – 1.43.629 (personal best as second quickest 2026 newcomer)
23rd – Jamie Williams – 1.43.595 (personal best)
24th – Jakub Sprojcar – 1.43.713 (personal best)
25th – Joachim Moreels – 1.43.808 (personal best as SBK newcomer)
26th – Antoine Laloi – 1.44.129 (personal best as SSP newcomer)
27th – Rico Vetter – 1.44.897
28th – Wouter De Cooman – 1.45.123 (personal best)
29th – Kevin Rigot – 1.45.193 (personal best)
30th – Jaimy Deleersnyder – 1.45.215 (personal best as SSP newcomer)
31st – Sasha De Vits – 1.45.503 (personal best, new Super Twins/BTT lap record holder)
32nd – Karel De Groote – 1.45.621 (personal best as SBK newcomer)
33rd – Sebastian Frotscher – 1.45.751
34th – Valentin Beaumont – 1.45.788
35th – Cyril Lecocq – 1.45.789 (personal best, second fastest Youngtimer SBK exponent)
36th – Mathieu Rieder – 1.45.803 (personal best)
37th – Christoph Kreller – 1.45.928
38th – Diego Clayes – 1.46.234 (new Youngtimer SSP2000 class lap record holder)
39th – Mike Mace – 1.46.451
40th – Morgan Baplu – 1.46.533
Photo credit: Jan Vavra
Words by Jan Vavra
