Published On: 18 mei 2026
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RUben van Lith has won the ONK Quad Masters in Oldebroek. With a victory in the first heat and a strong comeback in the second heat, Van Lith dominated everyone. Joe Maessen climbed onto the podium in second place, ahead of Mike Verboven in third.

The first heat begins with a strong start from Roks, who gets off to the best start from the gate. After one lap, however, Van Grinsven takes the lead, followed by Roks and Van Lith. Nouwen settles into fourth place, with Maessen behind him.
Van Grinsven quickly opens up a gap: after three laps, his lead is approximately 12 seconds. Behind him, the battle for second place erupts. Van Lith loses ground and drops back to fifth place after being overtaken by Maessen and Verboven following a small mistake. Nouwen and Eijk follow in sixth and seventh place, respectively.
Halfway through the heat, after about 14 minutes, Van Grinsven has further extended his lead to a comfortable 25 seconds. Behind him, however, things remain unusually exciting. Roks manages to pull away from second place, while Maessen, Van Lith, and Verboven battle wheel-to-wheel for the positions behind them. A large chasing group of eight riders, led by Nouwen, also joins the fight; Vlaeymans is in ninth place within this group.
In round nine, a surprising twist follows: Van Grinsven experiences problems and loses a wheel from his quad after the large table mountain. That could have ended very badly, but miraculously, it results in no injuries. However, Van Grinsven is, of course, forced to abandon the race.
The lead now falls into the hands of Roks. Van Lith senses his chance and immediately closes the gap. In the final stages, with two laps to go, Van Lith takes the lead. Maessen also moves past Roks. Ultimately, Van Lith takes the victory, ahead of Maessen and Verboven, who also passes Roks on the final lap. Vlaeymans stages an impressive comeback race, moving from 18th place to a fine fifth.

The second heat starts with a holeshot for Maessen, who keeps Van Grinsven and Nouwen behind him. However, his lead does not last long: within half a lap, Van Grinsven takes over the lead.
It is striking that the winner of the first heat, Van Lith, gets off to a bad start and is only in sixteenth place in the early stages.
After two laps, Van Grinsven and Maessen have built up a small lead of about six seconds over Verboven. Behind them, a fierce battle for fourth place is raging between Nouwen, Van Wee, Roks, and Vlaeymans.
In lap six, Roks encounters problems and drops back in the standings. Meanwhile, Vlaeymans joins Verboven on his rear wheel. A lap later, both Verboven and Vlaeymans launch an attack on Maessen and pass him. Van Lith is making a strong comeback: after eight laps, he has already climbed to sixth place and is chasing Van Wee, who is in fourth.
In lap nine, Vlaeymans manages to take second place from Verboven. The gap to leader Van Grinsven is then still about ten seconds. At the front, Van Grinsven remains flawless and drives convincingly to victory. Vlaeymans finishes an impressive second, followed by Verboven, Maessen, and the strong comeback-making Van Lith. Van Lith sees his comeback race from 16th to 5th place rewarded with so many points that he can call himself the day's winner of the ONK Quad Masters in Oldebroek!