At the end of the second event (scale A 1m60) Thursday in Spain, the Belgian riders occupied the third position (4.61) behind Great Britain (3.96) and Germany (4.19).
The 10 best nations play the final on Friday (4:15 p.m.) with Ireland, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Italy, Denmark and Sweden Olympic champion. All the Belgian riders had succeeded in flawlessness the day before.
Gilles Thomas (ERMAGE CARNE), Nicola Philippaerts (Katanga) and Thibeau Spits (Impress-K) have reissued the perfect course. Only Pieter Devos (Casual DV) dropped two bars, but the least good result of the four riders is not counted. Belgium, with Peter Weinberg as a team leader, is cited among the favorites in the European title.
The ten best teams (out of the 27 nations committed) and the fifty best individual riders (out of the 89 on track) are qualified for the final on Friday (4:15 p.m.), which will determine the team podium and the 25 best for the individual.
Individual, Gilles Thomas is 7th (1.37), Nicola Philippaerts 8th (1.72) and Thibeau Spits 22e (3.56). Pieter Devos is 48th (9.52) and also qualifies.
The Irishman Daniel Coyle at the head after the hunt, the first test Wednesday, withdrew judging his legacy mare not enough in good shape. He competed individually.
On the Belgian side again, Abdel Said (good friend), a reservist and who contributes individually, succeeded in a new flawlessness too and points to 10th with 1,94 penalty point. The German Richard Vogel on his Prodigy United Touch s is in the lead (0.01).
The individual final will take place on two laps on Sunday with the top 25 first (2:00 p.m.) then the top 12 (4:30 p.m.) to determine the European champion and his dolphins.
Belgium was crowned by team in 2019 in Rotterdam with Pieter Devos, Jos Verlooy, Jérôme Guéry and Grégory Wathelet taking bronze two years later in Riesenbeck in Germany with Pieter Devos, Jos Verlooy, Nicola Philippaerts and Olivier Philippaerts.
In the individual department, Belgium has four medals with Ludo Philippaerts/Verelst Otterongo in Arnhem in 2001, Grégory Wathelet/Conrad de Hus in silver in Aix-la-Chapelle in 2015, Jos Lansink/Al-Kaheel in silver in Mannheim in 2007 and bronze with Igor in Rotterdam in 2019. 2027 will take place in Belgium, in Waregem.