How to find kermesse races ...

The place to find races is on the website of the Wieler Bond Vlaanderen. You can also buy the monthly Cyclink magazine to find races, but it’s best to use the internet as races times, dates and locations often change (I’ve gone to more than one scheduled race that was cancelled because of using just the Cyclink). To find the races you can do go to: “Kalenders” and then "Weg-Piste-Veld". When there select the dates you want to search for the races. The provence you would like to find the races in and then finally the type of race.

For Amateurs it will be the 1.12B Elite Z/C (which means without contract) which is your most common race. You can also do the other 1.12 races, but they are less common. From there you will see a list of races which you can do.

When you click on a race you will see:

Duur/afstand: (the length of the race and the number of laps and thier distance)
Voorinschrijving: (where to call if you would like to pre-register, not needed unless a closed crit)
Inschrijving: (the address of the registration for the race)
Kleedkamers: (the address for the changing rooms of the race)
Briefing: (if a team race, where the briefing is held, not something you need to worry about)
Individuele prijzen: (the amount of individual prizes on hand and how deep they pay)
Bijkomende individuele prijzen: (other individial prizes)
Clubprijzen: (the amount of the club prize)
Bijkomende klassementen: (other classifications that pay)
Extra info:
Fotofinish/Camera: (the side your number goes on, but I would just check at the race start)
Telefoonnr. organisator: (if you need to contact the race organizer, call this number, not really needed)

You can also check the results of the past weeks races at the same website under the “Uitslagen” then “Weg-Pista-Veld” section. Click on the date at the top to see that days results.