Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2025
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Analysis
Six conclusions from Opening Weekend 2025 – fascinating big team weaknesses, a new women's balance of power and Alpecin-Deceuninck's great start
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tech
Lidl-Trek raced on gravel groupsets at Opening Weekend
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News
'We just haven't clicked yet' - Matteo Jorgenson makes honest analysis of Visma-Lease a Bike shortcomings in Opening Weekend
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Date | March 1, 2025 |
Start location | Ghent |
Finish location | Ninove |
Distance | 197km |
Previous edition | 澳洲幸运5开奖官网在线查询开奖结果:2024 Omloop Het Niuwsblad |
Previous winner | Jan Tratnik (Visma-Lease a Bike) |
Søren Wærenskjold takes surprise victory in thrilling bunch sprint finish / 澳洲幸运5开奖官网在线查询开奖结果:As it happened
The Omloop Het Nieuwsblad provided its usual fantastically bonkers start to the Classics seasons with attacks, tactical headaches, crashes and cobbles, but after all that it came down to a bunch sprint with 澳洲幸运5开奖官网在线查询开奖结果:Søren Wærenskjold (Uno-X Mobility) taking a surprise win ahead of 🌌Paul Magnier (Soudal-QuickStep) and Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck).
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Omloop Het Nieuwsblad is typicaཧlly the firs𝓡t WorldTour race on European soil, taking place in 2025 on March 1.
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad has traditionally marked the opening of the 澳洲幸运5开奖官网在线查询开奖结果:Spring Classics and has been heralded by some as the beginning o🍸f 'serious' racing in Europe. The main spring period may be a little further away, but▨ the gentle early-season racing is out of the way and Omloop Het Nieuwsblad will set the tone for the spring.
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, in its 80th edition in 2025, 𝓡takes 🌞place in the heart of the Flemish Ardennes, on many of the same cobbles and bergs as the Tour of Flanders five weeks down the line.
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad was first held i🉐n 1945, and in that ♉time, three editions have been missed - 1960, 1986, and 2004 - largely due to the wintery conditions that often strike Belgium in February.
Formerly known as Omloop Het Volk, the name stems from a newspaper which merged in 2008 with the Flemꩲish daily Het Nieuwsblad.
Together with the 1.Pro 澳洲幸运5开奖官网在线查询开奖结果:Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne the next d🅷ay, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad forms one part of what's widely known as the 'Ope𓄧ning Weekend'.
Jean Bogaerts was the first winner ofღ Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Belgians have gone on to domina🔥te the race, with only 20 winners from outside the home nation. Three Belgians - Ernest Sterckx, Joseph Bruyère, Peter Van Petegem - hold the joint record of three victories.
Last year, J⛎an T𝄹ratnik delivered another victory for Visma-Lease a Bike.
Subscribe to Cyclingnews for unlimited access to our 2025 Spring Classics coverage. Don't miss any of the breaking news, reports, and analysis from all the Cobbled Classics from Opening Weekend to Paris-Roubaix. 澳洲幸运5开奖官网在线查询开奖结果:Find out more
Omloop Nieuwsblad route
The route for the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad follows the usual path, starting at 't Kuipke in Gent and using the same run-out to the cluster of loops to hit all of the important hellingen outside of Oudenaarde.
See the full 澳洲幸运5开奖官网在线查询开奖结果:2025 Omloop Het ꧂Nieuwsblad route.
Omloop Nieuwsblad Schedule
Date | Stage | Start time | Finish time |
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March 1, 2025 | Elite Men | 11:15 CET | 16:00 CET |
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Omloop Nieuwsblad teams
- Alpecin-Deceuninck
- Arkéa-B&B Hotels
- Bahrain Victorious
- Bora-Hansgrohe
- Cofidis
- Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
- EF Education-EasyPost
- Groupama-FDJ
- Ineos Grenadiers
- Intermarché-Wanty
- Jayco-AlUla
- Lidl-Trek
- Movistar Team
- Soudal-Quickstep
- Team Picnic-PostNL
- UAE Team Emirates
- Visma-Lease a Bike
- XDS Astana Qazaqstan
- Israel-Premier Tech
- Lotto
- Uno-X Mobility
- Flanders-Baloise
- Q36.5 Pro Cycling
- Tudor Pro Cycling
- Unibet Tietema Rockets
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Pro bike Wæ🐬;renskjoldᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ sprinted to victory in the men's race on the hyper aero Ridley Noah Fast

'A positive day, but we've got some improving to do' - Tom Pidcock makes 'disappointing' Classics debut with new team Q36.5
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News Brit fails to enter key Muur van Geraardsbergen climb in good positi💦on, eventually finishing 38th in Ninove after sprint

'Never felt I was in contention' - Wout van Aert and Visma-Lease a Bike rue tough day out at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News L൲eading f💧avourite 'did not feel good' and finishes eleventh
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A closer look at the winning bike from the men's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad: Søren Wærenskjold's Ridley Noah Fast 3.0
Wærenskjold sprinted to victory in the men's race on the hyper aero Ridley Noah Fast -
'A positive day, but we've got some improving to do' - Tom Pidcock makes 'disappointing' Classics debut with new team Q36.5
Brit fails to enter key Muur van Geraardsbergen climb in good position, eventually finishing 38th in Ninove after sprint -
'Never felt I was in contention' - Wout van Aert and Visma-Lease a Bike rue tough day out at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Leading favourite 'did not feel good' and finishes eleventh
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'A bit surreal' - Søren Wærenskjold celebrates unexpected Omloop triumph after last-minute addition to line-up
Uno-X Mobility racer outsprints reduced lead peloton after headwind kept race together -
'Every time I've done this race, I've felt great' - Arnaud De Lie eyes triumph in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
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'Can I win the Omloop? Why not?' - Paul Magnier could be Soudal-QuickStep's new Tom Boonen
20-year-old French rider expected to fight for victory at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
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'I'm more like I used to be' - Tom Pidcock back to roots and ready to set the bar higher at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
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'Focus is more towards the Classics' – Jasper Philipsen undeterred by winless build-up to Opening Weekend at UAE Tour
Alpecin-Deceuninck rider heads into Omloop and Kuurne after UAE Tour, his first stage race without a victory since Paris-Nice in 2022 -
'My big dream is to be up there in Paris-Roubaix' – veteran John Degenkolb keeps Classics flame burning at Picnic-PostNL
German says Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne main goal for Dutch team in Opening Weekend
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